Quotes About Motivation

I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you.

One of the primary motivations for the series is that I never really felt that I was a person who could explain verbally what I thought all that well.

I believe that if your primary motivation in life is to be moral, you don't become an artist.

I talk often about being intrinsically motivated by learning. It's the primary driver of most of my activity.

The primary motivation for me is to learn.

When I come to schools like Norton Primary Academy and meet children who have their lives and careers before them, I hope in some small way that I can inspire them to do better by sharing my own story with them and telling them never to give up on their dreams.

Jack Wilshere is a prime example of how things work. He went to Bolton and did really well, then he went back to Arsenal and really kicked on. It is something quite a few of the young boys look at and think, 'If he can do it, so can we.'

A fighter in his prime needs to stay active. A fighter, who doesn't have certainty when he's going to fight again, it's hard for him to stay mentally ready.

At 35 women are at the bottom level of middle age but we can look like we are absolutely in our prime. Even if you're badly out of shape, you can put yourself in good shape in two years, maximum.

My prime motivation is wanting to be happy. I'm not worried about fame. In this profession, it's not a question of if it ends, it's when. So it doesn't matter.

My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it.

It was clear to me that if I could get through Princeton at the top of my class, I could do anything in the world.

You know it is not my interest to pay the principal, or my principal to pay the interest.

And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge.

My guiding principle and motivation was that I wanted to retire by the time I turned 35. There actually are two books that I bought and still have - Paul Terhost's 'Cashing In On the American Dream: How to Retire at 35' and Andrew Tobias's 'The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need' - that were my personal financial road map.

Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.

Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, 'Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.' Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!

Because the intention wasn't always to be an actor, that hasn't been my number one guiding principle.

I really believe that cultivating creativity, as a general principle, is about managing your energy.

That's the principle I teach - find your passion in life and figure out a way to make money.

My principle and my faith is what is driving me from the get-go.

I would never try to motivate anyone to follow me. I would motivate him to follow certain principles.

One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.

The important thing, I think, going into any organization, is that all of the principles, all of the decision-makers are pointed in the same direction, with the same motives, the same desires, and then you have a chance.