Quotes About Motivation

We must be moving, working, making dreams to run toward; the poverty of life without dreams is too horrible to imagine.

If you become a monk because it's an easy life, because you're going to be fed, and sheltered and people will respect you, then that is not a very meritorious motivation.

If you are always frightened for yourself you can't act, and then life loses its purpose. You just have to tell yourself that, when you get right down to it, you don't matter all that much.

I think that the activism I've become involved with informs and enhances my life in a lot of ways, and definitely career-wise. This record wouldn't exist [without that activism], for one.

It is a sad thing to begin life with low conceptions of it. It may not be possible for a young man to measure life; but it is possible to say, I am resolved to put life to its noblest and best use.

You can't live your life in a state of profundity, because you're never going to get anything done, and you're just profound.

I am Constantly afraid, but it's a big driving force in my life. I'm more likely to try and tackle a fear than let it control me.

Now you may do it badly, you may do it well, some people like you, some people hate you, all the rest of it - but you have got a real motivating life purpose. [on being Prime Minister

Everything starts with yourself-with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life.

Many people try to avoid pressure, yet the absence of any tension or pressure usually creates a sense of boredom and the lackluster experience of life that so many people complain about.

All that you really want in life is to change how you feel.

When you don't have people in your life pushing you, can you push yourself?

As a child, I was able to know that I wanted a better life.

Once I stopped with the excuses, my life has changed. There's no reason for me to lose any more.

The blank space can be humbling. But I've faced it my whole professional life. It's my job. It's also my calling. Bottom line: Filling this empty space constitutes my identity.

When life gets you down, just remember these three words of wisdom. "Bonk!", "Zap!", and "Yowsers!"

People come up to me and tell me how I changed their life and I've inspired them. And they tell me their stories, and that keeps me going.

I can't play anything until I find something that connects to my life, something I can carry as my secret map or code for the character.

Point out a great strength of someone in your life today!

I even tried to tell myself to live my best life today.

Sometimes you have to protect the life of the play. It seems like spelling out mysterious, musical details can destroy a play by making the motivations too clear, too simplex.

If you get invited to be part of a team, don't look at it as a burden to get out of, but rather an opportunity to inspire, invigorate, and bring life to the team.

If I have a mission in life, it is to convince people that everyone is morally motivated - everyone except for psychopaths.

My puppies play a daily role in inspiring me too! But most of all, my husband, Conroy Chan, inspires me in life. He's always there to help keep me going.