Quotes About Motivation

In 1995 I decided to stop eating meat. I could never really quite explain why; I think it was something to do with watching a documentary where they cooked a cat and partly because I had a really crap job working for Wolves Poly and felt my life was slipping away. It definitely wasn't anything to do with any 'vegetarian month'.

Never before had I been offered a contract and advance before a word had been written... I went home and began writing 'Julie of the Wolves.'

Madam Walker was a master marketer. But her brilliance was in taking it to another level by training women, by traveling, by making very motivational speeches and by providing independent income for women who otherwise would have to be maids and sharecroppers.

What counts the most for women is having the confidence to make your own money.

Oprah Winfrey's global influence is unparalleled. Not only has her generosity and firm belief that education is the key to a better life benefited countless women and children around the world, but her example has also inspired millions of people to give back in ways big and small.

I'm paving the road for other women and men who know they're destined for greatness, but they don't believe it yet.

In a world where women and men are advised to 'lean in,' run faster and reach higher, Arianna Huffington has courageously redefined the meaning of success.

Men are motivated and empowered when they feel needed. Women are motivated and empowered when they feel cherished.

I tell everyone I interact with what I'm working on and let them bring me anecdotes that illustrate my themes.

Every day I fantasise about situations and little themes I see in front of me that would make a good beginning of a story. But one has to be disciplined and just sit down and do it.

Obviously, the 'Rocky' theme is one of the most recognizable themes in film.

Everyone asks me, 'Why do you choose such subversive or shocking themes?' but when I'm alone in my office, I'm not like, 'OK I'm going to shock.' I want to write about a character who fascinates me, someone who I don't understand.

People want to be part of something that's bigger than themselves. It's motivating. It helps all of us to work harder.

The gods help them that help themselves.

I think the biggest mistake people make is not believing in themselves enough.

People who produce good results feel good about themselves.

'All in With Laila Ali' is educational, inspirational, compelling programming profiling individuals that have reached for the sky, pushed themselves to the limit and did things that you would think were impossible.

People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized.

I want all Egyptian people to follow my way to improve themselves. We are a huge country. We have many children. I want everyone to dream and feel they can do something.

People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by others.

You're always just trying to create opportunities and be ready when those opportunities present themselves. I can't look at anybody and think 'I want to be Damian Lewis' - I'd be setting myself up for failure.

Ideas excite me, and as soon as I get excited, the adrenaline gets going and the next thing I know I'm borrowing energy from the ideas themselves.

Leadership flows from inner character and integrity of ambition, which inspires others to lend themselves to your organization's mission.