Quotes About Motivation

I always listen to music when I write, I need a rhythm to write.

Music wasn't forced on me [in my childhood]. It was something I wanted to do. And ever since, I've never stopped, I've never stopped playing music.

It makes me happy to hear good music before I go on.

What motivates it is life. Life is everything. Life influences my music and brings it forth. Life is always changing, so I'm always hearing new music.

If you will it, it is no dream

We live by encouragement and die without it - slowly, sadly and angrily.

The nature of having ideas and creativity is incredibly inspiring.

I am inclined by nature to be optimistic about the capacity of a person to rise higher than he or she has thought possible once interest and ambition are aroused.

In all living nature (and perhaps also in that which we consider as dead) love is the motive force which drives the creative activity in the most diverse directions.

Life begets life by its very nature. By the same token, inspired men inspire.

Man is by nature restless. When left too long in one place he will inevitably grow bored, unmotivated, and unproductive.

My nature is to provoke, that's true. I can't help myself. But it's always with good intentions.

Man like every other animal is by nature indolent. If nothing spurs him on, then he will hardly think, and will behave from habit like an automaton.

Human nature demands recognition. Without it, people lose their sense of purpose and become dissatisfied, restless, and unproductive.

All economic movements, by their very nature, are motivated by crowd psychology.

Socialism cannot function, because its economic reward structure is contrary to human nature.

One of the most powerful forces in human nature is our belief that change is possible.

All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.

All achievement, no matter what may be its nature, or its purpose, must begin with an intense, burning desire for something definite.

It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.

If you have got a living force and you're not using it, nature kicks you back. The blood boils just like you put it in a pot.

One cannot inherit a talent for the violin - there are no violins in nature. Instead, one must be motivated, able to benefit from practice, and persevering.

No matter who you are, you have the nature and capacity for leadership.

Being out in nature inspires me as a writer.