Don’t let fear hold you back. Embrace it and use it as motivation to push yourself further.

I had decent but not great grades in high school because I was highly motivated in some subjects, like the arts, drama, English, and history, but in math and science I was a screw-up. Wooster saw something in me, and I really flourished there. I got into theatre, took photography and painting classes.

I took a moment before saying, “You think the murderer is a Brazilian samba trio.” Dailey held up his right hand and ticked off fingers. “They’re organized. Focused. Motivated. And are in excellent physical condition, by the looks of the pictures on their CD.

The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.

When you play against important teams, you obviously feel more motivated.

I am motivated by trying to win trophies.

Some people are motivated by money – I’m not one of them.

It’s easy for me to be motivated and inspired by seeing somebody who just goes all out to do something.

By interpreting freedom as the propagation and immediate gratification of needs, people distort their own nature, for they engender in themselves a multitude of pointless and foolish desires, habits, and incongruous stratagems. Their lives are motivated only by mutual envy, sensuality, and ostentation.

Think higher, feel deeper.

If you forget where you started, the safest thing on the road is to forget where you wanted to go

What keeps me motivated is love and passion.

{Losing can be a great motivator] but not if it drains your confidence. One of the reasons I got into this game was because I wanted to learn how to get myself comfortable in uncomfortable situations.

History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.

Anger or hatred is like a fisherman’s hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.

When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves or some immediate convenience. When we are able to recognize and forgive ignorant actions of the past, we gain strength to constructively solve the problems of the present.

Optimism doesn’t mean that you are blind to the reality of the situation. It means that you remain motivated to seek a solution to whatever problems arise.

The more you are motivated by love, The more fearless & free your actions will be.

If you think a thing is impossible, you’ll only make it impossible.

Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others

I am out to introduce a psychic shock into my painting, one that is always motivated by pictorial reasoning: that is to say, a fourth dimension.

I think that my “Let’s get it done! Let’s have fun! Let’s make a great movie!” attitude helped. I rarely have problems on my movies with egos and attitudes.

I intend to inspire people with my story—motivate young people that grew up like myself, or even not like myself. Just, you know, go through the human experience

There are people who are wise enough and motivated enough to change their lives and live their dreams, and then there are those who need a kick in the pants to change their ways.