Quotes About Motivation

We all work really hard, and we do it because we're passionate. We don't do it because we're being rated. However, we'd all be remiss if we didn't think that some kind of recognition for efforts and accomplishments didn't make you feel good.

Being a kid and growing up in Cleveland, the Tonys were how you saw Broadway shows: you got to hear from each show, and that's what inspired me to live my dream, so the fact that I am getting recognition from them, it's mind-blowing.

We know that recognition and intrinsic motivation are important to our success, but the key is finding ways to effectively operationalize them.

It would be completely laughable if I claimed I was always motivated by the pure craft of acting and that recognition doesn't play a part. Of course it does - that's human nature.

I make films for money and fame. But I made 'Kanjeevaram' for recognition.

I believe each of us has a mission in life, and that one cannot truly be living their most fulfilled life until they recognize this mission and dedicate their life to pursuing it.

I now recognize that having a great company behind you can actually impact your motivation to be more creative.

I am pleased that my work has been recognized, and I hope to be a role model.

In many ways, leadership is about defining reality and inspiring hope, but if you have these great people around you and they know that what they do is going to be recognized, it can be incredibly powerful.

It's a joy to be recognized and to have people that are interested in what you do. That can pick up your whole day.

I think what I've recognized over the years is that I'm very, very bingey, extremely bingey when it comes to writing.

When I first got the call from my manager asking if I'd ever heard of Jesse Owens, I recognized the name, looked him up, and was blown away by his story.

England used to be known for making beautiful things. Then we became the rag trade, known for our street fashions, which were picked up around the world. I want us to be recognized for quality. We have the hands to make the clothes. What we need is the motivation.

We hadn't met anyone else as ambitious as us. We immediately recognized each other's drive.

I recognized that I was a nobody in San Antonio, but working for the Trumps would be everything.

I've done whatever I've been compelled to do, and I've done it all to the best of my abilities. If I've been recognized or honored for what I've done then those are bonuses, not the reason for doing what I did.

No longer are the days where I just kind of fly under the radar. Everybody's recognizing me. Everybody wants pictures. They feel inspired. It's very cool.

There are things I want to get done, and If I can reconnect where I was before, working on the issues I'm interested in, that's exciting to me.

You know, I don't only play for the record books.

Sometimes I'll be driving and a lyric will come into my head, and I will have to pull over and record it on my phone.

If there's going to be another Misfits record, I'd probably have to write the stuff.

I don't think you need a record deal to write songs. You don't need any other reason than you want to do it. It's a far cry from why some people do music today. They make it to order, which is pretty horrible.

That first record, I wrote before I had a record deal.

When I got my first email from a record label, I decided I didn't want to go in with just one song, so I sat down and kept on writing.