Quotes About Self-motivation

I like training alone. Otherwise, I find I get too dependent on someone else for motivation.

People can say what they want. But I'm the one who goes out there and trains every day as hard as I can.

Let him that would move the world, first move himself.

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

To move the world we must move ourselves.

U cant lead a group, when u don't know how to lead yourself

Let a man lift himself by his own Self alone, let him not lower himself; for the Self alone is the friend of oneself and this Self alone is the enemy of oneself (5).

The horrible truth is that I am lazy and I am going to write and do bits that just hand themselves to me.

Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.

Then I reminded myself that I was always willing to listen to arguments in favor of avoiding an unpleasant chore, and I shook my head.

And Kelly was beginning to see that Sarah didn't let anything stop her, she just went and did it. This whole attitude of not letting other people stop you, of believing that you could do what you wanted, was something she found herself imitating.

The only person I'm in competition with is myself. That's to be a better, and bigger me every single day.

It's gonna be on me to go out there every single night and make sure that I'm the best player that can be and I continue to work hard and don't get complacent and do everything in my power to to be at that level.

The whole idea is you can't sit around and do nothing. You have to get up and start living one day at a time. That's what I did my entire career. You can't sit around and say, 'Oh, poor me. Nobody likes me. Nobody is giving me a job.' You have to get up and go. If you sit at home and do nothing, that is what is going to happen.

For six years, I was really on my own and did not have a coach.

the hardest person you will ever have to lead is yourself.

At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you'll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own.

You have to believe in yourself even when others don't, or you won't achieve anything.

Pray to yourself for the guts to make the summer work. One sale: that would help. Work for that.

I am at Smith because I wanted it and worked for it. I am going to be a Guest Editor on Mlle in June because I wanted it and worked for it. I am being published in Harper's because I wanted it and worked for it. Luckily I could translate wish to reality by the work.

I demand more from myself than anybody else could possibly expect of me.

How much you improve is up to you.

Those people who live in an Independent nation should know how important it is to support independence not only in the government but also in arts, literature, films, newspapers, and business. Innovation, growth, and self-motivation comes from independent artists, journalists, authors, and inventors; not from the Big What which has held 90% of the market since the 1900s. Encourage innovation by supporting the Indies. That's where new opportunities are found!

If you show up every day to a job you hate, and you are doing nothing to change that - you've got no one to blame but yourself.