Candy Crowley Quotes

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

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

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

All of us want to be better. Human nature is always seeking advancement.

It all has to come from inside, though, I guess.

I inspire myself.

People change when they tell themselves they have to change. People do not change when you tell them they have to change.

The secret of success in every field is redefining what success means to you. It can't be your parent's definition, the media's definition, or your neighbor's definition. Otherwise, success will never satisfy you.

People do not change when you tell them they should; they change when they tell themselves they must.

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

I've always been a person who thinks it's really important to better themselves.

I really don't feel like I'm in any kind of contest. Except, maybe, with myself. Just want to learn and create and grow. Get better all the time with these filmmaking tools. I don't expect perfection from myself. Just progress.

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

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.

I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.

As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A., the entertainment capital of the world), happiness, fulfillment, and spiritual enlightenment (also quite common), I skipped right on to trying to be successful. 'Let's just get on with it,' I felt. 'Onward' became my motto.

I am my own cheerleader. I am the one who puts my goals, who pushes myself to get to the next goal. I don't have someone next to me saying, 'Here you go, now do this, it's your next step, go for it.'

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

On a scale of one to 10, I feel I'm at a nine because there's definitely room for improvement. I know I could go further.

I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not - that's what drives me and excites me and lights me up.

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.

To come to be you must have a vision of Being, a Dream, a Purpose, a Principle. You will become what your vision is.

I still feel like I have a lot to prove. My biggest burning question is 'How much more are you capable of?'

Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be.