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Quotes About Motivation

I think I just wanted to work when I finally came to Hollywood. That's what it was. I wanted to get a job, and then I wanted to get the second one.
~ Kevin Costner
I don't really think about my work in terms of whatever money it makes. That's just a bonus. I'm just going to do the work anyway, so whatever comes back is good with me.
~ Kevin Huizenga
You know, there are those writers who work at writing every day. I'm not one of those guys. I tend to work at varying levels of intensity, based on the amount of time and energy I have available.
~ Kevin Keck
I've never looked at my career in terms of, What haven't I done that I want to do? I just generally find a story that I think is a good one and go to work
~ Kurt Russell
I did easy yoga and I found it a bit boring. I'm now doing a more difficult one now and I'm enjoying it a bit more. I occasionally still work out with my trainer Tracy Anderson.
~ Lara Stone
I adore the work of Stephen Sondheim. I like musicales in general. They make surprisingly great running tapes.
~ Laura Lippman
The pen isn't really the weapon - the work ethic is the weapon.
~ Lemon Andersen
It's nice to get off the couch, throw the clothes on, add a little make-up and go back to work, every once in a while.
~ Leonard Nimoy
To do work that's not going to be fulfilling doesn't make sense.
~ Lili Taylor
I guess that's one of the reasons that you do it - work all the time - because it's sort of a high to find something that really works.
~ Lily Tomlin
You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you.
~ Maggie Gyllenhaal
Work for Swaraj fails to appeal to us because we have no music in us.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Programmers work in bursts of productivity. Then, they let the brain rest and get back into it. A lot about the office world is not a great fit for me.
~ Marco Arment
In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: 'I am rising to a man's work.'
~ Marcus Aurelius
At day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that "I am rising for the work of man."
~ Marcus Aurelius
I've seen plenty of ballplayers way better than me, but they didn't have the work ethic. It comes down to how bad you want it.
~ Marcus Giles
If you don't love your work, it's hard to love your life.
~ Mardy Grothe
The Government justifies keeping everyone else in poverty because people seem to work the hardest when they're right on the edge of survival.
~ Margaret Haddix
Don't go to work to make money; go to work to spread joy.
~ Marianne Williamson
I don't want to do something just for money or fame; I have to enjoy working on it! If I start to work for everyone and everything, I could not look at myself in the mirror again.
~ Marilou
I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.
~ Marilyn Monroe
I like having my back pressed against a wall and being made to work harder so I don't embarrass myself.
~ Mark Haddon
I think it would make the world a little bit better place if everyone was doing what they loved to do. ... I'm doing it and I'm loving it.
~ Mark Polish
In the past, if I didn't work, I didn't eat but now I feel I can not work and I won't starve.
~ Mark Strong