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Quotes About Motivation

I was pregnant with my daughter when I started writing my first thriller, so I guess you could blame hormones.
~ Chelsea Cain
It's totally thrilling to direct.
~ Kathryn Bigelow
We love writing hit songs. That thrills us.
~ Matthew Ramsey
My next book - each one while I'm working on it - dances in my mind and thrills me at every turn. If it didn't, why would I write it?
~ Yann Martel
I thrive on obstacles. If I'm told that it can't be told, then I push harder.
~ Issa Rae
I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines, nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation.
~ Harry Shearer
I think I thrive under pressure.
~ Charlotte Dujardin
You surround yourself with amazing, grade-A talent, and you're going to have to lift your game. You kind of thrive just by being around such people.
~ Joe Lo Truglio
I'm not very good at time off. I'm happier when I'm working. It's something to do with not knowing what the next job is, so you appreciate it while it's there. I thrive on it, actually. But now I do it to please myself.
~ Emilia Fox
'Hard-working' is what gets the job done. You just see that year after year. The students who thrive are not necessarily the ones who come in with the perfect scores. It's the ones who love what they're doing and go at it vigorously.
~ Carol S. Dweck
I thrive under pressure.
~ Lori Wilde
I open 'Mindset' with examples of kids who thrive on difficult challenges.
~ Carol S. Dweck
The fitness industry has long thrived off the well-intended coming through their doors and signing up with dreams of self-improvement, only to fade into their couches. Those who stick with it often feel like hamsters on treadmills.
~ Mary Pilon
I've always thrived on getting a drive from different emotional circumstances that I'm going through.
~ Ronnie Wood
I thrive on competition.
~ Natalie Massenet
I have always let my motivation guide me, and that has served me well. Climbing has taught me how to thrive and created a life that I feel incredibly lucky to have.
~ Tommy Caldwell
I'm not trying to take over the world, but I find it really rewarding to write, and I thrive on learning.
~ Bryce Dessner
I have an innate passion and competitive streak to win and to create, and I want our team to be better than everybody else. Some people thrive in that environment, and some people don't.
~ Nancy Dubuc
There aren't enough people who are passionate with what they do. They're content just going through life being mediocre, being average. They don't want to thrive. They don't want to strive for greater. They're happy being where they are.
~ Doug Baldwin
If you really want to thrive, I would say you need a minimum of 12,000 steps a day.
~ Harley Pasternak
I thrive on healthy competition.
~ Patrice Evra
People in athletics thrive on competition. That's what makes you better.
~ Baron Corbin
I thrive with high-performance challenges in front of me.
~ John M. Grunsfeld
I've thrived on people writing me off. Because if you write me off, I'll shut you up.
~ Andrew Flintoff