Denis Waitley Quotes

My motivation is internal.

The best motivation is self-motivation.

Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior. Your inner drives will propel you further and faster than external perks.

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

We have our own reasons for what's motivating us right now.

I don't know what drives me, I don't have a clue, but I'm driven more today than I ever have been.

I want my kids to have passion for life, to really have a passion for life. I think when you have a passion for something, you can overcome obstacles, if you float through life without having anything to hold on to or get you fired up emotionally and to focus on, I think it's really hard to overcome things.

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

I am constantly hungry for growth and that's what drives me. Success or failure of a project doesn't drive me.

Motivation is motive in action.

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.

If one felt successful, there'd be so little incentive to be successful.

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

Motivation describes your attitude when you would rather do one thing more than another at a particular time.

I always have a goal, even if I keep it to myself. It allows me to keep pushing myself.

I've always had high ambitions and aspirations.

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.

People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation.

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.

Desire is important.

I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.

When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that's when passion is born.

I have this burning desire to get out there and do my best. It's as if I'm keeping it all in a little bottle, and it's all going to come out when I do the best I'm capable of doing.