Jennifer Lawrence Quotes

I think doing something of your life is something that you've got deep inside, whether it's to, whether you want to be an astronaut or a, whether you want to do science, or whether you want to be a movie star, or whatever.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

I have never sought the reason why I write.

I haven't accomplished everything that I want to yet in my career, that's why I'm still playing. I just know that I still have something left inside of me to accomplish, and I don't know exactly what that is. Hopefully, I'll know one day soon.

I am trying to be guided by my passion.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

I always knew I was going to be something. I didn't know what.

The thing where I've always been lucky is, I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

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 way to get motivated and stay motivated is to identify, define, and emotionally connect to your dreams.

You have to identify what you care about and why you care about it. It has to be personal. It has to be something that fires you up or means something to you, or it's not going to drive you.

The key to motivation is motive. It's the why. It's the deeper yes! burning inside that makes it easier to say no to the less important.

I usually have to find something where I go, "I have to do this." Sometimes you don't even know what the question you're trying to answer is, but you go, "This is something I need to explore and want to explore, and it's inside me in a way that I think I can do a good job with."

You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.

I believe in my own abilities and my future enough that I will not take a job that could hurt the integrity of my long-term career.

Write what you care about, what interests and intrigues you.

What makes you tick? Why do you care about the things you care about?

Successful people believe in the validity of their own dreams and goals, even if dreams are all they have to go on.

We often do not know ourselves the grounds On which we act, though plain to others.

You want to climb the mountain because it’s there and you know you can do it.

I just have this thing inside me that wants to eat and conquer. Maybe it's egotistical, but I have it in me. I don't want to be a tycoon. I just want to conquer people and their souls.

Everything seems overwhelming when you stand back and look at the totality of it. I build a lot of stuff and it would all seem impossible if I didn't break it down piece by piece, stage by stage. The best gift you can give yourself is some drive--that thing inside of you that gets you out the door to the gym, job interviews, and dates. The believe-in-yourself adage is grossly overrated.

Hard work and diligence are essential to success, but they require an internal motivation. That internal motivation is Vision

I think everyone has the desire in their life to be the best at something that touches them, that reaches them.

I'm not one of those actors who's very good at having a list of roles that I want to play someday - which is bad, because I really need to do it. I have people in theaters ask me what I want to do and I don't have an answer!