Quotes About Self-motivation

I have to keep improving myself and challenging myself.

Pull yourself together and use what you have.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Wrestling pushes me, makes me accountable. It makes me who I am. I never felt I was just a normal person. Then I felt too normal, lazy, sedentary.

They always said that you have to do that kind of work for yourself. If you do it for other people, you end up wanting them to acknowledge it and to be grateful and to give you credit. If you do it for yourself, you don't expect other people to react in a particular way.

The reward for a good habit is the habit itself.

For an extensive and fascinating discussion of the use and pitfalls of rewards, see Edward Deci, Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation (New York: Penguin, 1996); Alfie Kohn, Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1999); Daniel Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (New York: Riverhead, 2009).

What's the point of knocking yourself out for anybody but yourself? The answer was obvious. There wasn't any.

He forced himself into good spirits.

I'll always be tough on myself.

Running alone is the toughest. You get to the point where you have to keep pushing yourself.

I just don't care what people have to say. I keep pushing toward what I want. It's just how I am. I don't know where I got it from.

You have to define growth to yourself. If you ask yourself what you want, and if the answers are big, then you have to work towards it.

Obviously, everybody has their own expectations of you, but you have to have your own expectations for yourself. For me, I'm right on track.

Anytime you hear different things - whether it's trade rumors or people saying you're not living up to your complete potential - you're obviously going to get ticked off about that.

Work hard and well and you will have the satisfaction of seeing your project completed. Sometimes others may show appreciation, but that's a bonus, for the major satisfaction comes from within.

Everyone is in business for himself, for he is selling his services, labor or ideas. Until one realizes that this is true he will not take conscious charge of his life and will always be looking outside himself for guidance.

Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

I just want to keep things going. I just love testing myself.

I love to challenge myself.

Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent.

Nothing will work unless you do.

You beat yourself.

I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'