Quotes about Self-motivation

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.

Once a year I will clean my room, just because I feel I should.

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or your predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

Set a high standard for yourself.

Motivate yourself into action: Be your own cheerleader. Look for the good in every situation. Focus on the solution rather than the problem. Always be optimistic and constructive.

The world is full of people who are waiting for someone to come along and motivate them to be the kind of people they wish they could be. The problem is that no one is coming to the rescue.

The creators were not selfless. It is the whole secret of their power—that it was self-sufficient, self-motivated, self-generated. A first cause, a fount of energy, a life force, a Prime Mover. The creator served nothing and no one. He lived for himself.

Remember to keep working from the inside out and keep getting back on track when we blow it.

There are certain things no one can do for you.

It is to be remembered that by good deeds or words you encourage yourself, who always have need to witness or hear them.

Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.

The world bestows its big prizes, both in money and in honors, for but one thing. And that is initiative. What is initiative? I'll tell you: it is doing the right thing without being told.