Robin Williams Quotes

I think the greatest demand actually comes from within, not from outside.

I didn't need to be motivated by other people overlooking me. My motivation was internal, to be better every day.

We have to compete within ourselves relative to the determination it takes to be successful.

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.

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

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.

I talk often about being intrinsically motivated by learning. It's the primary driver of most of my activity.

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

I am constantly hungry for growth and that's what drives me. Success or failure of a project doesn't drive me.

I feel like I have a lot of potential, and I feel like I can beat anybody.

My dreams are who I'm racin wit but you can see I'm pacin it so that I'm always chasin it.

You just have to prove to yourself that you can go out there and be the best that you can be and not prove anything to anyone.

If one felt successful, there'd be so little incentive to be successful.

The only competition that matters is the one that takes place within yourself.

Success comes from within, not from without.

Not wanting to disappoint is what pushed me to be successful.

There's never been a better time to change the way you think. Replace every 'I can't' with 'How can I?' It might sound like semantics, but I promise it will bring whatever you want to accomplish much closer to becoming a reality.

Don't waste a moment of energy looking around at what other people are doing.

People change when they tell themselves they have to change. People do not change when you tell them they have to change.

The end of all you’re your actions is to seek the applause of shopkeepers, while you neglect what is most important to you—energy, energy!

There's nothing wrong with being driven. And there's nothing wrong with putting yourself first to reach your goals.

My motivation is internal.

For me, it is important to do well in what I'm doing, to achieve the goals I have for myself.

Believe in yourself, and find ways to express yourself, and find the discipline to keep growing.

I want to become more successful.