Quotes About Self-motivation

If I'm feeling down or depressed, working up a sweat will make me feel like I can really do this - that, in fact, I can do anything. It's like a therapy for me.

There are things one must do for oneself.

Self-awareness ? Inhibition ? Nonverbal working memory ? Verbal working memory ? Emotion regulation ? Self-motivation

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you.

At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: "I have to go to work — as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I'm going to do what I was born for — the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?

Fake it, I scream at myself inside my head. You must remember how. Let's get this over with or you'll be here all night. Bestir yourself. Move your flesh around, breathe audibly. It's the least you can do.

I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time.

You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do to-day. Otherwise, working is just a waste of time.

Rise above your circumstances, change the world one person at a time starting with you, and be the inspiration you've been searching for.

There comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list.

I do have fun writing, and a long time ago, I told myself, 'You got to have fun at this, or it'll drive you nuts.'

There may be a Nurse Ratched-like listing of things that must be done right this moment: foods that must come out of the freezer, appointments that must be canceled or made, hairs that must be tweezed. But you hold an imaginary gun to your head and make yourself stay at the desk.

Learning is not done to you, it is something you choose to do.

Excellence isn't about working extra hard to do what you're told. It's about taking the initiative to do work you decide is worth doing.

They don't understand that Excellence isn't about working extra hard to do what you're told. It's about taking the initiative to do work you decide is worth doing.

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

It's possible to have an awesome life, but it's up to ourselves to do it.

The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.

Never live your life to impress or depress but lead your life to success.

It was when '21' came out. I was in Los Angeles and my face was everywhere: on buses, on posters, on the side of buildings. I didn't feel that blown away by it. I was still hungry to prove myself. I realised that quite quickly, that I had to find something that challenged me from an acting point of view.

I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.

I just tell myself I gotta get up at 8 A.M. I don't even use an alarm clock.

I knew my whole life that I had to make ends meet or I would be ashamed of myself. I had a lot of pressure from my parents. So that's where my vision comes from. It's not to be a great artist, it's always to be like, 'Dad, look, I didn't let you down.'

Most experts and great leaders agree that leaders are made, not born, and that they are made through their own drive for learning and self-improvement.