Genuine Motivation Quotes

The young man who's had the Guggenheim fortune behind him all his life - he can hire all the authorities on the subject to teach him how to do a monologue, but he's never going to have the right stuff to pull it off. If he doesn't walk out onstage needing to walk out there, he doesn't have a dream of doing well.

I never wanted credit for being a wonderful person or a great human being or looking peculiar. I just wanted credit for the music.

People shouldn't get into show business because they want to become stars or become rich; they should get into it because they can't help but put on a show.

My motivation is not to try to inspire, but rather to do things that inspire me and hopefully that will spread to others.

It's never bad to be liked, and who doesn't feel good being liked, but that can't be your end game goal.

You just have to do the things you love, and if you're pursuing the things you love honestly, for the right reasons, then you'll get what you want.

Whatever you do, do it for love. If you keep to that, your path will never wander so far from the light that you can never return.

My inspiration comes from my real life experiences.

I am trying to do the best work I possibly can and making movies that will have resonance for years to come. I think if you try for an Oscar or a goal like that, the more people are going to see it as transparent. It's not on my radar. If it happens, great, but I'm happy to continue working as I am, really.

Do it from the heart or not at all.

I was happier going back to my roots: training like men do in my hometown of Pittsburgh. Back home the guys in the gyms don't lift to look good; they're lifting to lift. They do it because they want to squat more and bench more.

I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.

There will be certain things in a man that have to be won, not forced; inspired, not compelled.

I avoid falling into a trap of doing work solely to impress people. I always ask myself, "What don't I ever see?"

Rooting in work is crucial to any accomplishment. Rooting in mere enthusiasm will in the long run force illusory measures to keep the fires of empty enthusiasm going. And this makes politics and politicians.

If you don't feel a true passion through work, you can't do it. It's not possible for me. I've never done TV. I've never done commercials. I've never done anything for money. I can't do it. I wish I could. It would be easier.