Epictetus Quotes

I didn't need to be motivated by other people overlooking me. My motivation was internal, to be better every day.

First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do.

I believe that for the most part, achieving success - whatever that is for you - is mostly a matter of personal choice and that, initially, making the right choices can be difficult.

You have to motivate yourself with challenges. That's how you know you're still alive.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.

Remember, you and you alone are responsible for maintaining your energy. Give up blaming, complaining and excuse making, and keep taking action in the direction of your goals - however mundane or lofty they may be.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

I'm self-motivated. I'm motivated for myself to be the best I can be - for me to do that, I have to have my own motivation, my own positive energy.

Don't let the reasons why you don't accomplish your dreams be because of you or a decision that you made. Do everything that you can possibly do to achieve that dream.

Other people gotta be told when to go to the gym, what to work out, what to work on, what to do. For me, it was always my own self-motivation of maybe just wanting to make it out of Compton. I was like that with everything in my life.

I've really tried everything in my power to get my life together.

Your life, my life, the life of each one of us is going to serve as either a warning or an example. A warning of the consequences of neglect, self-pity, lack of direction and ambition... or an example of talent put to use, of discipline self-imposed, and of objectives clearly perceived and intensely pursued.

Don't ever give up on yourself. Keep pushing because the change of guards is what life's all about.

Progress is personal; it comes from individuals demanding more of themselves and everyone else.

Human potential is the same for all. If you have will power, then you can change anything.

Discipline is the only sure way I know to convince people to believe in themselves

If you sit and feel sorry for yourself, you're wasting your time. You should be in acting class, instead of feeling sorry for yourself. You should be working.

Life is about challenges and how we face up to them and the attitude we take into every day life so hopefully we'll be able to motivate people to do more with their life.

I do believe in self-help.

You've always got to have that inner confidence in you. That's where it all starts. You're gong to have good days, you're going to have bad days. You've got to have the same desire and try to get better each day.

You can look for external sources of motivation and that can catalyze a change, but it won't sustain one. It has to be from an internal desire.

When you don't have people in your life pushing you, can you push yourself?

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.