Karen Civil Quotes

I feel challenged every day, when I come to work. I feel like I have to step up my game, and that's a great thing.

Work is exciting when it's challenging. It should be something that makes me afraid initially and prompts me to ask myself whether I'll be able to do it or not.

Wanting to be better as an actor, model, and person in general motivates me to push myself.

For most of my career, I've known what it's like to be in the audience and to enjoy what I'm seeing but still have the ambition to say, 'I can do that, I know I can do that. And I want to do that, and I can't wait for that to happen.'

I read an article in 'Forbes' entitled 'Six Ways To Achieve Any Goal,' and it really inspired me and helped me get to where I am today.

You always want to get better, and I think that will remain true for the rest of my career.

Often, I work out of my work. One work takes me to the next thing.

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

If the material is inspiring and motivates you, then it doesn't really matter what it is.

I want to be challenged, I want to work, and I want to feel that I am not being held back, that there is something in front of me, something more inspiring than... just eating breakfast, you know?

I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.

I only want to do better work. That's the focus of my life.

There are some aspects of work you need to keep working on and no matter what environment you are in. Continuous learning is very important. It's what I call 'competitive tension', which is about having a competition around.

I told as much of my life as I could to encourage people: to encourage others to get to where they should be, where they want to be.

Never allow yourself to dwell upon your weaknesses, deficiencies, or failures. Holding firmly the ideal and struggling vigorously to attain it will help you to realize it.

Confidence is a crucial building block in a successful career, and embracing it fully will take you places you never thought possible. With proper guidance and hard work, anyone can become more confident. Once you pass a certain point, you'll feel it from the inside.

I don't see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, 'I'ma do that,' and they do it. That's it. There's no scientifical process.

Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I'm doing, I always tell myself, 'You can do better than this.'

I just really want to continue on the same intensity of work ethic, I don't want to slow now. I'm 21-year's old and I feel like this era and a few years to come are my prime years, so I want to utilise them.

The key to my motivation has always been to look at how far I had still to go rather than how far I had come.

I like to push myself, you know.

I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.

Sometimes I'll put on a Zig Ziglar tape: he's a motivational speaker who is really funny and really American. I know I should do the things he says, but I'm too cynical.

Just as I try to find ways to be more productive every year for myself, I also look for tips to pass on to young professionals.

In 1987, I wrote a goal sheet. I didn't want to waste my life. I'd dropped out of college, and there was a lot of pressure from my parents. I decided, 'If you're going to do this, you're going to become the best in the world at this.'