George R. R. Martin Quotes

In anything we do, any endeavor, it's not what you do; it's why you do it

What is the why behind everything you do?

Anything I do, I'm doing it for a reason.

It doesn't matter what you can do if you don't know why you're doing it.

The emphasis should be on why we do a job.

Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

All action is for the sake of some end; and rules of action, it seems natural to suppose, must take their whole character and color from the end to which they are subservient.

It's not what people do that matters, it's why they do it.

He who knows how will always work for he who knows why.

All that counts in life is intention.

No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise.

I need to have a reason why I'm doing something. Otherwise I'm lost.

It is futile to fight against, if one does not know what one is fighting for.

The reason or motivation you have for making money or creating success is vital.

Free from what? What does that matter to Zarathustra! Clearly, however, shall your eye show to me: free for what?

Good intentions have been the ruin of the world. The only people who have achieved anything have been those who have had no intentions at all.

I would have to think about it for two or three months before I decided to do something which would have meaning. And it would have to be more than just an impression or pleasure. I would need an objective, a meaning. That is the only thing that could help me.

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.

We actually believe in hope. But hope requires purpose. And purpose requires direction.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

Science is wonderfully equipped to answer the question 'How?' but it gets terribly confused when you ask the question 'Why?'

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals.

I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.

Usually when you act, you know where you're going, where the point is.

People should ask themselves why is it that they want to act.