James Altucher Quotes

Inspiration is a sustainable internal glow which pulls you forward.

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

You have to be vigilant about keeping your own fire alive.

Why are some people born with a fire in the belly, while others need something to get their pilot light lit?

I wrestled as a 90-pounder, and I wrestled in the 107-pound class in my first year. I had something inside of me. I could not stand not to compete. And I don't know why... I don't know what that's all about. But that's deep inside of Doug Harvey.

You can look for external sources of motivation and that can catalyze a change, but it won't sustain one. It has to be from an internal desire.

I only really work when I want to.

They have to have an internal motivation. They have to have an inner conviction.

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

From the time I was growing up, if I felt that there was some, like, pot of gold waiting for me, I don't know that I would have been so motivated.

It's not about motivation. It's about what's driven inside of you.

I think motivation is a thing that is inside of you.

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

The pressure I give myself from within is what drives me.

I always tell my players to find the fire within themselves.

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.

No matter what happens to our game, money won't be a motivation for me.

When you are passionate about something, you don't need external motivation to work towards achieving it.

One must never let the fire go out in one's soul, but keep it burning.

One of the things we know is that you cannot motivate other people, but you can remove the obstacles that stop them from motivating themselves. All motivation is self-motivation.

The only long-term motivation is self motivation. So hire people who are self motivated and get out of their way.

The key to motivation is motive. It's the why. It's the deeper yes! burning inside that makes it easier to say no to the less important.

unless the sun inside you is burning your gut, don't do it

You have to rely on whatever sparks you have inside.

Man is symbolic to the sun. The sun is dealing with a ball of fire and didn't go out yet. Me being symbolic to the sun, that's what keeps me going, that's like my hunger. That's like my fury, my self esteem. That's the elements within me that keep my body motionable. The fire is self esteem. Inner strength.