Quotes About Motivation

If you're sitting around waiting on somebody to save you, to fix you, to even help you, you are wasting your time because only you have the power to take responsibility to move your life forward.

It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.

The way to do much in a short time is to love much. People will do great things if they are stirred with enthusiasm and love.

You can meet a young person who goes to school and is really enthusiastic, but if a sufficiently strong personality convinces them that this is a waste of time, that person might flunk out.

Rise above your circumstances, change the world one person at a time starting with you, and be the inspiration you've been searching for.

From the time I was six years old, I wanted to be a BMX Racer and be the best.

The content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time.

This is your time. Their time is done. It's over. I'm sick and tired of hearing about what a great hockey team the Soviets have. Screw 'em. This is your time. Now go out there and take it!

Down time is not the name of the game.

You can spend your time agonizing or organizing.

What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.

Every time that I wanted to give up, if I saw an interesting textile, print what ever, suddenly I would see a collection.

I still follow that model: just go hard every day, and take it one step at a time.

If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

You can't leave footprints in the sands of time while sitting down.

Yelling doesn't win ball games. It doesn't put any points on the scoreboard. And I don't think words win ball games all the time. Players do. Preparation does.

I realized a long time ago that instead of being jealous you can be inspired and appreciative. It carries more energy to you.

The best time to set up a new discipline is when the idea is strong.

Stay working. Stay busy. It should be motivation instead of down time because down time is like being depressed. It shouldn't be like that. It should really be motivation to keep going.

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.

Flow is hard to achieve without effort. Flow is not 'wasting time.

When you're out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard. Someone is getting smarter and someone is winning. Just remember that.

Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.