Quotes About Motivation

Often I made a teamwide bet about one of the data points we were going to collect to help keep us interested.

Things that are less fun to do are usually harder to do, which means the pile isn't ordinary work but a pile of unloved, unwanted, complex work: 1. We do things we like first. 2. We do things we don't like last. 3. The things we don't like tend to be harder. 4. Late changes have cascading effects.

The best teachers use entertainment as a way to fuel teaching, not simply to make their students laugh.

Passionate people love to feel like empowered underdogs.

The reason I started writing movies was because I kept getting parts that I just kind of stepped into. I didn't have to do a lot of work and I ended up getting sort of bored.

If you don't quote yourself, nobody else will. And you can quote me on that.

Procrastination isn't task management, it's feeling management.

Being burned out is a lot better than having no fire in the fist place.

history of salvation is not a small event, on a poor planet, in the immensity of the universe. It is not a minimal thing which happens by chance on a lost planet. It is the motive for everything, the motive for creation. Everything is created so that this story can exist, the encounter between God and his creature. —Pope Benedict XVI, address at the opening of the 12th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, October 6, 2008

I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.

it doesn't matter what the challenge is -athletics, business, romance, health, academics, the arts- the rule for getting up is the same. you just get up!

Look around. Pay attention to the stories of people who are finishing first. Then realize that all of your excuses are just that—excuses. Ask what has worked for others and how you can make it work for you, too. Ask yourself how you can leverage your unique skills and strengths to accomplish the unthinkable.

If you feel like you're being called to something, answer it. A dream you don't answer becomes a nightmare.

Victories build on each other. Have you stopped to ask yourself what would make today a win for you? You don't need to hit all of your goals today. You may only need to accomplish one small goal—and that can be the victory you stand on tomorrow to accomplish your next small goal. Small victories empower us for bigger victories.

When your goal is bigger than you and you realize, in fact, so little of what you do is about you, that no one is paying much attention to you anyway, suddenly you can get out of your own way. If you're struggling with getting out of your own way, ask yourself who needs this that is not you. Do it for that person.

This is your life, your one and only life, so take excellence very personally.

Find your happy faces, Gentlefucker Bastards, it's a bright new day and we get to start it EARLY!

Is there an actual plan running around in your head?" wheezed Jean. "Crap sparks until something catches fire.

The important part is to set an intention for your day and for your life. A daily mantra is one way to do that; another is creating a Leadership Constitution.

challenging me to identify who I wanted to become and why.

Creative people generally are self-motivated, independent, delighted by novelty, risk takers, tolerant of ambiguity, deeply involved in their work, avid readers, and world travelers.

Get the best people and train them well.

Hmm. You know, nobody gives me the time, either. I have to make the time, set priorities, discipline myself to get my writing done each day, no matter how tired I am.

The Doomsday weight-loss plan kicks ass.