Quotes About Motivation

I'm not trying to be famous, I'm not trying to be the next whatever. I'm just trying to be someone that contributes positivity with my talent.

Genuine talent does shine through but, in my experience, ambition will get you much further than pure talent.

You can have all the talent in the world, but if you don't bring it every night then nothing matters.

More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent.

My talent as a footballer was medium. But I had heart, a will to win, to work to overcome my limitations.

If you don't have faith on your talent, no one else would.

That's why I've been working so hard, I believe in myself, believe that I've got talent.

Man, you can have all of the talent in the world, but the hard work overrules that.

Belief outweighs talent. Self-belief's got me everything, self-belief.

My mom brought me up to believe that my talent is a gift and a blessing.

What motivates me is true talent, it's golden when talent acknowledge talent.

Palantir owes much of its success to the amazing talent of the first 30-40 technologists who joined the company, as well as to the internal leadership that helped motivate this core group to achieve its ambitious goals and to continue to attract extraordinary people.

When I have sat at home with this God-given talent for music for a long time, somebody approaches me out of the blue and asks me to play for them. It's almost as though there's a force somewhere which is saying 'no sittin' around, out you go!

In one world, effort is a bad thing. It, like failure, means you're not smart or talented. If you were, you wouldn't need effort. In the other world, effort is what makes you smart or talented.

I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.

There are other players who were more talented, but there is no one who could out-prepare me.

If you're talented and hardworking, great - good for you. You're gonna make it; you're gonna go places. But if you're talented and don't have the work element behind it, the guy that works harder is going to eventually outpace you and outrun you.

We are going to help the young talented athletes become world champions.

Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance of hard work. And in fact, research performed by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck has found that the way parents offer approval affects the way children perform, even the way they feel about themselves.

I've known lots of people that are talented and nothing happens. It's not about talent, it's relentless drive.

I love working with talented young performers.

The message is that if you believe in what you create, it's enjoyable and people will follow. The talented mangaka should know that; otherwise, no one would read or enjoy it. So believe in yourself. Believing in yourself is important.

When you're not working is when you have to stay positive and remind yourself that you're talented.

I'm not the most talented writer in the world. I know that. But I also know that I'm disciplined, that I work my butt off, and that I make myself write as much as I can. Writer's block is a luxury I can't afford. I'm a professional writer, which means that I put my butt in the chair each day, and I write. Simple as that.