Motivation & Success: Motivational Quotes

"I'm not afraid of competition, I'm afraid of losing. If you don't want that, don't compete with me"

Puff Daddy, Musician

"If you're passionate about something, then you should go for it. Don't let anyone else's opinions or doubts hold you back"

Puff Daddy, Musician

"All men of action are dreamers"

James Huneker, Writer

"If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged"

Lou Brock, Athlete

"You can get digital technology that almost is film quality, and go make little films and do everything you can to find a little understanding of your own voice and it will grow - Don't take no for an answer - Take every opportunity you can to do something"

Jon Voight, Actor

"Chris Cooper once told me to never have any regrets. After Chris said that to me, I walk into every scene thinking, 'exhaust every possibility.' Once you get to a certain place, it's like you just deliver everything you've got. Don't have any regrets. It pops up in my mind over and over and over again"

Jake Gyllenhaal, Actor

"Just having hope ain't going to cut it. You've got to have hope, passion and skills"

Tim Reid, Actor

"But once you become active in something, something happens to you. You get excited and suddenly you realize you count"

Studs Terkel, Journalist

"I didn't get into this to pick up a new hobby. I don't want to just be a golfer. I want to be the best"

Gabrielle Reece, Athlete

"These days, all we hear about is that the industry is in trouble. Everybody is so scared, but our mission statement is having no fear"

Frank Iero, Musician

"If you believe in your heart that you are right, you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time"

Linda Ellerbee, Journalist

"Talent will come out"

Ray Walston, Actor

"Seek that which within lies, waiting to begin the fight of your life, that is everyday"

Ian Anderson, Musician

"I only want people around me who can do the impossible"

Elizabeth Arden, Businessman

"I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent"

Taylor Hackford, Director

"And it's a question of how far we're willing to go in order to let the ego shine, in order to let that beacon penetrate not only the local scene but the world"

Taylor Hackford, Director

"Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to show the world and prove to themselves just how good they are"

Nancy Lopez, Athlete

"I think the tougher the challenge, the better"

Jim Otto, Athlete

"I always say, dare to struggle, dare to grin"

Wavy Gravy, Activist

"You've got to keep things flying"

Keith Emerson, Musician

"You got to risk something to be able to give something, you know?"

Joshua Homme, Musician

"I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines, nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation"

Harry Shearer, Actor

"I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business"

Juliana Hatfield, Musician

"You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave"

Clive Barker, Writer

"One of the things I have tried to do with this book and with all of them, really, is avoid that simple, easy, reductionist view of motivation, and to show we do things for a complex net of reasons, a real braid of reasons"

Russell Banks, Author

"I like when people take chances"

Joshua Homme, Musician

"Risk is essential. There is not growth of inspiration in staying within what is safe and comfortable. Once you find out what you do best, why not try something else?"

Alex Noble, Writer

"Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place"

Lance Armstrong, Athlete

"Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class"

Garth Brooks, Musician

"When you're younger, your inspiration is there. As you get older, it tends to waver. Once you find it - I found it again - that's where you can draw from. That's where you draw your strength from"

Elvis Stojko, Athlete

"The Madden Curse has really taken on a life of its own. People just love talking about it, and it is what it is, but I look at it as a challenge"

Drew Brees, Athlete

"Sometimes all you need is just for somebody to believe in you in order to be able to accomplish maybe what you never thought you could"

Drew Brees, Athlete

"I always go extreme ways"

Niki Lauda, Athlete

"You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself"

Diana Ross, Actress

"I think that the mere fact that I'm doing it ought to inspire someone. In junior high school the counselor suggested that I focus on wood shop and metal shop"

Christopher Darden, Lawyer

"Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination"

Diane Sawyer, Journalist

"Everyone has determination - it's a question of how you use it. Hers is based on power and success and conquering; she doesn't care what she has to do or who gets hurt in the process. In that way we're very, very different"

Dannii Minogue, Musician

"If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains"

Diana Ross, Actress

"Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside... Everyone has to find it for themselves"

Candace Bushnell, Writer

"I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in"

David Duchovny, Actor

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