Quotes About Motivation

All people are insane. They will do anything at any time, and God help anybody who looks for reasons.

I knew the basic outline of the novel [The Dissemblers] and would write whatever scene of the book I felt particularly excited about at the time.

If you are killing time, it's not murder. It's suicide.

Are you sitting comfortably? Then get up. This is no time for sloth.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Snoop is a tour de force! It's one of the smartest and most original books I've come across in a long time. I devoured it and then rushed over to clean up my desk and change my iPod playlist.

Meadowlark inspired me to play for a long time. I thought, 'If he could do it, I can do it.' The legacy that Meadowlark leaves is something that every child and adult can benefit from.

I don't practice anything. I spend time looking over ideas and then just get out and do it.

I am going to be pretty kick a$$ by the time I'm thirty, and I can't wait!!

I don't really manage my time. I really just wait until I'm inspired to do something. And when I'm inspired to do something, it just happens.

Now is the time to be doing, now is the time to be stirring, now is the time to amend myself.

If you don't have time to invest in a goals program is it possible that you don't have time because you don't have a goals program?

People are looking around. They are looking to do something with their time and money. The question is, what?

I came back [to Beijing ] because that's the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.

There is time not only to see who has done what, but to speculate why.

Every time, I reaffirm in myself that the more comfortable you are, the less you are creating. You have to feel a little bit of pain in the creation.

You cannot chase a dollar and an ideal at the same time.

I don't spend too much time just kicking back.

It's tough to go to sleep at night, and I wake up after five hours because I feel like I'm wasting time. I just sit up at night and think about what I can do next.

What I have done is packaged the time-honored information into a process that is doable and has inspired millions to act on it.

Everyone is in need of encouragement at some time. Take the opportunity today to encourage (give courage to) the one who often encourages you.

Every time the light turns green, stay in the thick of competition.

Almost anything is enough to keep alive someone who wishes nothing for himself but time to write music.

Instead of of being so metaphorical with the rhyme, I was encouraged to go straight at it and hit it dead on and not waste time trying to cover things.