Barbara Sher Quotes

Most people know what to do, but they don't do what they know - because they haven't found their inner drive. Their passion.

Definitely, it's a fear of failure that drives me.

I'm self-motivated. I'm motivated for myself to be the best I can be - for me to do that, I have to have my own motivation, my own positive energy.

Other people gotta be told when to go to the gym, what to work out, what to work on, what to do. For me, it was always my own self-motivation of maybe just wanting to make it out of Compton. I was like that with everything in my life.

I can motivate myself fine just by wanting to be my best.

I woke up. I was like, "Look, you can do anything you want - and you want a lot of things, so you should get to work."

There are days when I don't feel motivated and I don't want to get up to go to practice. I'm a very goal-oriented person, so I set short-term goals and try to reach those goals. And when I have those days, I think about those goals, and it gets me motivated.

Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it

The difference between those who fail to achieve their goals in life and those who succeed is the difference between those who cannot put themselves in a supportive state and those who can consistently put themselves in a state that supports them in their achievements.

My whole goal is just to keep myself motivated. If I'm motivated, if I'm on fire, it's going to catch with somebody else.

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

Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it.

Our highest endeavour must be to develop individuals who are able out of their own initiative to impart purpose & direction to their lives.

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

When I want to push myself and do intense workouts, I do that, but I'm not going to do it because anybody thinks I should look a certain way. It's really more about how I feel and about being healthy.

Learn to recognize and combat the enemies of potential.

You might as well aim high. Why shoot yourself in the foot when you can shoot yourself in the head?

You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and delicatest ways, improve yourself.

No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it.

Lack of genius never held anyone back. Only time wasted on resentment and daydreaming can do that.

If YOU want to BUILD and MAINTAIN a POSITIVE ATTITUDE, get into the habit of LIVING IN THE PRESENT and DOING IT NOW.

Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that they underestimate the part that discipline plays. But the discipline you have in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by society or authority.

I have no motif, only motivation. I believe that motivation is the real thing, the natural thing, and that the motif is old-fashioned, even reactionary (as stupid as the question about the meaning of life)

I believe that for the most part, achieving success - whatever that is for you - is mostly a matter of personal choice and that, initially, making the right choices can be difficult.

Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. You'll be afraid you can't achieve it. It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best.