Indira Gandhi Quotes

It hasn't always been easy, but you get to a point where you're not doing the solo stuff with any kind of expectation in terms of commercial or a business outcome, you're doing it because you believe in this.

In the past there were two things that motivated me then: independence, and passion about what I was doing. And those are still the things that motivate me now. I still have that passion for creating a product. And I will never be dependent on a man. I will never be dependent on a husband or a boyfriend or a father. That's one thing that's really important to me.

I think if you don't have it [desire], you're not going to be pushed into anything. You've got to want to do something.

The best motivation is self-motivation.

For me, I think that I don't like feeling pressure from outside sources. I'd rather put the pressure on myself and push myself to do it as good as I can.

I find when somebody says to me, 'I'm going to motivate you,' more often than not, they're not going to get me.

I only really work when I want to.

I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.

I've always said in my career and in my life I only do things I'm interested in.

I like to make decisions based on things I'm interested in doing, not what seems like the next move in my quote-unquote career.

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.

It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.

Modelling isn't something I'm doing to prove people wrong. It's something I'm doing because it's what I want to do.

My motivation is internal.

I never jumped into anything, and I never liked being cajoled into anything. I've pretty much always done things because I wanted to do them.

I'm hugely intrinsically motivated and have always believed that I'm fueled and motivated by learning.

It's not about motivation. It's about what's driven inside of you.

When you're motivated by external rewards, it's often because you're trying to accomplish goals you didn't create yourself.

I don't even realize sometimes I am spending hours and hours on the field, because it is something I decide to do, not something someone else demands of me.

I think the greatest demand actually comes from within, not from outside.

Even if you have so many people saying, 'Yes, this is for you! This is your path!' unless you feel it... It needs to be your own passion, it needs to be your own will.

One of the things we know is that you cannot motivate other people, but you can remove the obstacles that stop them from motivating themselves. All motivation is self-motivation.

The best advice I can give is to believe in yourself and to create new challenges no matter how far you get. Even if you think you earned it all or if you're considered the best in the world, keep challenging yourself because you're only as good as your last trick in the public's eye. But only do it because you love it. Don't do it because you think it's your ticket to fame or fortune. If that's the motivation and you reach any of those goals, you're not going to keep that passion.

I wasn't concerned about the hardships because I always felt I was doing what I had to do, what I wanted to do and what I was destined to do.