Quotes About Motivation

The most important thing is to stay positive.

I think art was the one thing my high school didn't give. And I think that was probably one reason why I was interested in it.

The one thing I've known and I've learned from the best managers, it's to stay positive.

I can't go to sleep at night if I didn't accomplish at least something. That's the one thing that keeps me up.

The one thing that I appear to have been given, bearing in mind that I am capable of being very, very scatty and extremely lazy, is the ability to concentrate on something I choose to give my time to.

The one thing you can control is effort.

The one thing you realize if you're going to be successful - no matter where you grew up, no matter what your educational level is - A. You can succeed, but B. The only way you're going to succeed is by outworking everyone else.

I can understand a bad pass or something like that; I don't get irate. But the one thing I can never accept is a lack of work rate. You have to be able to give everything you have.

As a fighter, I recognise that the one thing we fight for is prizes. The one thing that motivates us is money. A lot of fighters do come back because of money. The biggest spur they have is financial, and thank God my finances were secure, and I didn't need to come back for that reason.

My fights all have great meaning to me because they give me the chance to put myself in a position I probably wouldn't have been in before without all of this. The one thing I won't lack in this business is motivation.

The only thing I rely on is caffeine.

Nothing's holding me back. If I'm held back, the only thing holding me back was me.

The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts.

The only thing I find interesting is self-interest.

The only thing that can stop me from being me is me.

The only thing I have in mind is that no-one can stop me setting myself objectives.

The only thing better than proving someone right, is proving somebody wrong.

When I was playing for my school, the only thing I wanted to do was get selected for the Under-16 or the Under-19 district teams. When I was selected for the district, I would think about the next level, which was getting selected for the state side.

You have to be narcissistic to be an artist. You have to think you are the centre of the whole thing; otherwise, why do you create? The only thing is to recognise it, and then you make the best of it.

I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when I didn't write. I started again at 16 and have no idea why, but it was suddenly the only thing I wanted to do.

I was attracted to law school because I believed it would help me prepare for a career in the real world.

The 'Real World' made me realize that I could do anything I want to more with my life.

I remember sitting on my couch on a Saturday watching reruns of 'The Real World.' And it said, 'Do you want to be on 'The Real World?' Go to MTV.com, and you can try out there.' And I said, 'I want to be on 'The Real World.'' And I sent in my tape.

My parents always wanted me to do the right thing. My mom, I think her exact words were, 'You're not a chicken in the coop playing in the scraps, you're an eagle.' I was like, 'Oh, OK... ' But really, I've used that throughout my life.