Gwyneth Paltrow Quotes

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 if there are words to describe my motivation.

Why you do something is always kind of a mystery to me.

There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.

I am trying to be guided by my passion.

I suppose that I am ambitious.

I think at that time I obviously wasn't aware of what I really needed. But conversely, my wanting to prove something to everyone was beneficial 'cause if I hadn't done it then, maybe I'd never have done it.

I can't think of anyone I admire who isn't fuelled by self-doubt. It's an essential ingredient. It's the grit in the oyster.

I was very successful from a very early age, and I want to keep it.

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

I know what I want to do even before I know why I want to do it.

My motivation is internal.

Fear of failure, it's the greatest motivational tool. It drives me and drives me and drives me.

Sometimes, I'm not sure why I wind up doing some of the things I do.

I never struggle for motivation, that's for sure. Motivation is something that burns within.

I find little things that drive me sometimes, but again, I'm already a driven person, and just because I strive for perfection on a personal level and don't really care what other people say or do. I just want to be the best I can be, so that drives me enough.

Life motivates me.

To be honest, I don't think I ever had thought I had to be successful. I just saw a need and I liked to be challenged, that's my personality.

People talk about great motivators, but I think motivation has to come from within the individual first, because if you haven't got that inner strength yourself, and belief and you want to do well, it doesn't matter what anybody else says. You have to have that; it has to be inbuilt.

Till the time my body supports me and till the time I have that desire inside me to succeed, till then I will keep wrestling.

I just know what I want in life. I know what I want to achieve.

If someone comes in and says, "What are you doing," if I'm honest, the answer is, "I don't know. But I'm doing THIS, don't know why."

Motivation is motive in action.

How could you tell if your instincts were just hope in disguise, and if your hope was really desperation parading as possibility?