Motivates Me Quotes

#1. It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.

Herbie Hancock

#2. And I have to say, what motivates me every day and I know my Democratic colleagues is to remember that every day 14,000 people get up in the morning with insurance that go to bed at night without it and most of them because they lost their job.

Debbie Stabenow

#3. That's what really motivates me: to make my coaches proud, my teammates proud, and the fans proud.

Aaron Rodgers

#4. Being a lifelong runner, knowing what running gives me, a variety of factors - that is what motivates me.

Bill Rodgers

#5. I'm grateful that I'm mortal...it motivates me.

Kendall Talbot

#6. I do not claim to have attained optimum emotional well-being. Actually, I think that may be a lifetime goal. For me it's an ongoing process that requires awareness, knowledge, and practice. I do know what good emotional health feels like, and that motivates me to keep at the practice.

Andrew Weil

#7. I'm a person who enjoys the hands-on experience of anything I do. Get your hands dirty - that's the thing that drives and motivates me.

Jeff Raikes

#8. The thing that motivates me most in my workouts is when I can learn something new.

Erin Heatherton

#9. What motivates me is the chance to improve the world in my own special way; to contribute to the fight that all artists are fighting. I want to hold the mirror up to society and help them see themselves more clearly. I also love just making people laugh.

Jinkx Monsoon

#10. I am proud to represent people who care so deeply about their communities. Their perseverance and strength only motivates me more as their representative in Congress.

Martha Roby

#11. I think of my films as not necessarily political but more moral. Between my father, my stepfather, and my mother - they all felt pretty passionately about the importance of standing up and doing the right thing, and none of them were suck-ups. What motivates me is usually abuse of power.

Alex Gibney

#12. What motivates me is the conviction that our problems are mainly a consequence of a lack of holistic understanding of the man-made system in which we are entwined.

Helena Norberg-Hodge

#13. Being able to change the lives of people around me motivates me. I always try to build technology and innovations that solve problems, simplify people's lives, and give others what they want.

Jeet Banerjee

#14. What motivates me in art is the ugly and beautiful nature of the truth. It has to be truthful and honest, even if it is ugly and grotesque.

Corin Nemec

#15. What motivates me is just to do a really, really good job at something. If I were a better musician, I probably would've ended up as one.

Stewart Butterfield

#16. Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches.

Roberto Duran

#17. The nature of making music and making art, what motivates me is that it's interesting. It's interesting to listen, to really listen to other people's point-of-view. Take in their work. Listen to the way they sing. Listen to the way they write lyrics. What they are trying to express.

Emily Haines

#18. Things that are present - whether it's a conversation with someone who is really grounded in the moment, a movie that feels authentic, or a moment in nature where you feel nothing but the present. It motivates me to truly ground myself, breathe, and push forward. Crashing waves.

Jonathan Keltz

#19. Ringing the cash register is not the name of the game. It's only the scorekeeper, and it's not what motivates me. I'm motivated in my business by the compliments I receive about our people, our service, and the quality of our food.

S. Truett Cathy

#20. I always believe someone somewhere is working harder than me and that motivates me to work harder, give 100%.

Sheryl Swoopes

#21. I just like to win basketball games. That's what motivates me.

Chamique Holdsclaw

#22. Every time I feel tired while I am exercising and training, I close my eyes to see that picture, to see that list with my name. This usually motivates me to work again.

Michael Jordan

#23. If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be 'liberty.' That's what inspires me and motivates me more than anything - just the concept of freedom, liberty, what it means.

Michele Bachmann

#24. I think the biggest thing that motivates me when I'm choosing a part is a role that will help me continue to grow as a person and as an artist, and a role that will deepen my understanding of humanity, and my connection to it.

Forest Whitaker

#25. I believe that, by taking an extreme approach, you really get the public to actively engage with a cause or a research ,and that is what motivates me with space exploration.

Nelly Ben Hayoun

#26. What motivates me is an ideal of thinking about how football should be. And to try to get near this way of playing. And to try to improve all aspects of my personality that can help me get near this ideal way of playing football.

Arsene Wenger

#27. I'm not racing for recognition, I'm not racing for popularity, that's not who I am. I'm focused on the result and trying to get the best out of myself from a sporting capacity. That's what really motivates me.

Chris Froome

#28. The Europeans look down on raising your hands. They don't like the end-zone dance. I think that's unfortunate. That feeling - the finish line, the last couple of meters - is what motivates me.

Lance Armstrong

#29. I want to be a dad, first and foremost. I want to be a good father. I've spent so much of my life on the move and travelling around the world that just to set up a home for my family and be a good dad is something that motivates me.

Ricky Ponting

#30. Kids suffering, with no opportunities for lack of having their basic human needs [met], like food, health, and education, but at the same time, [it] motivates me to keep fighting for them, for the ones less fortunate.

Patricia Velasquez

#31. My wife says I'm only comfortable when there's a fight. And it's true. The thing that motivates me is struggle.

James Frey

#32. I don't love the whole Hollywood mentality, but I do love the weather and how motivated everyone is around here. It motivates me to make fun music.

Charlie Puth

#33. What motivates me is to be able to do what I love to do ... fight

Anderson Silva

#34. What motivates me is not one more championship, it is the challenge each year. I have just thoroughly enjoyed starting in spring with a new team and trying to put all the elements together to make a team.

LaVell Edwards

#35. For me, music makes my smile brighter during my workouts. It adds that extra something that motivates me to go further or work harder!

Summer Sanders

#36. The work itself is what motivates me. I like my own stuff, you know? I like the way it looks. I do it to please myself first.

Robert Crumb

#37. I listen to a lot of Tupac and Biggie Smalls. Old school songs. Rick Ross. I listen to a guy ASAP Rocky. I like different kinds of music. I always have. It motivates me before games ... A Tupac playlist or a Meek Mill playlist. It varies.

Trey Burke

#38. I'm increasingly realising our consciousness and subconsciousness are extremely different, and our subconsciousness motivates us, but so far, I don't know what drove or motivates me.

James Nesbitt

#39. One thing we're going to focus on is the middle class and the crushing prices and stagnant wages they're facing. What motivates me is looking at my 3-year-old son and thinking about what we're passing on to him and his future wife and their future kids.

Bobby Schilling

#40. Much like a patchwork quilt, inspiration that stirs and motivates me is made of many things.

Robert Reynolds

#41. The main thing that motivates me is laughter, and colors, and music, and dancing! And I do all of the above every day.

RuPaul

#42. Well, love motivates me in everything I do.

Vin Diesel

#43. What motivates me more than money are God and my family.

Albert Pujols

#44. I still let myself be a fan of music and that motivates me to want to be better than certain people or just getting the same love. Nothing is new under the sun so you cant be afraid to take things from others and try to flip them and make them your own at the end of the day.

Kid Ink

#45. I've been told I'm too good looking for certain roles, but that's okay, it just motivates me to go deeper.

Garrett Hedlund

#46. The mug is a tool. My ace in the hole. To have looks is the bonus on top of what motivates me to be an actor. Not to realize they're an asset would be counterproductive to the cause; they serve the common good.

Billy Zane

#47. If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.

Rand Paul

#48. To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success.

Hugh Jackman

#49. The challenge and the energy running requires may be a selfish one, but it actually motivates me to be stronger in my relationships.

Joan Benoit

#50. I play with a fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.

Jonny Wilkinson

#51. What motivates me is everything that I have been a small part of.

Sander Levin

#52. Rejection just motivates me to keep trying and to try to do better.

Sasha Grey

#53. What motivates me is the desire to bring up a whole new generation of active citizens who believe in peace and social justice and will work for it.

Howard Zinn

#54. To be honest, I was born in luxury. I never saw the dearth of money, so money is not something which motivates me.

Ranbir Kapoor

#55. After creating something and hearing from someone that it really helped them or changed their life motivates me to continue doing this.

Jeet Banerjee

#56. I play with a fear of letting my team down. That's what motivates me.

Jonny Wilkinson

#57. As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.

Naturi Naughton

#58. I think that's a part of what motivates me in my teaching and writing. Once the Gospel feels mainstream and becomes a nicely organized, orchestrated belief system, frankly, I don't think there is even an attraction to the human spirit.

Erwin McManus

#59. As a child I was not interested in science. I was merely interested in things human, the human side of nature, if you like, and I continue to be interested in that. That's what motivates me.

Jonas Salk

#60. What motivates me is seeing people in the crowd and wondering what they're going home to and what they're dealing with, and knowing that for the time being we're their escape.

Hayley Williams

#61. The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it's so easy to be motivated.

Jeff Bezos

#62. I realize that there are many variables outside my control in my quest, but focusing on the big goal down the road really motivates me. To help me stay focused, I set micro-goals such as races or training achievements that bring me one step closer to being at my best for major goals

Lance Armstrong

#63. No matter what you watch, it has an impact. So, why not use this medium to bring great stories to millions of people around the world with the goal of not only entertaining them but inspiring them. That's what motivates me. That's why I get up every day.

DeVon Franklin

#64. The cinema should be human and be part of people's lives; it should focus on ordinary existences in sometimes extraordinary situations and places. That is what really motivates me.

Claire Denis

#65. Pretty much at all times music motivates me. How can I say this without sounding in any way proud of myself? Obviously I've always written songs that are critical of our government, and talk about our times. Hopefully you attempt to be timeless while doing it.

Eddie Vedder

#66. To me business is a sport. I love knowing that 24x7x365xforever I'm competing with people I don't know. To build my businesses. To come up with new ideas. To come up with better ideas. That motivates me.

Mark Cuban

#67. The huge amount of love and support I've been receiving, whether it's in the fashion industry itself or on social media, truly warms my heart and motivates me to be a voice for all the women out there.

Maria Borges

#68. Anybody who says I can't do something, it just motivates me more than you could believe.

Kevin Harvick

#69. That's just the way I end up making meaning from the direct material in my life - I think what makes it accessible is the desire to communicate, more than anything. It does make it accessible, but that's not what motivates me.

Frances Stark

#70. This is about these particular candidates in this particular year. That's what motivates me.

David Dinkins

#71. I'm glad that our music motivates people to exercise. If I had to pick just one song to run to, it would be 'Violet' by Hole. It makes me want to run.

Fergie

#72. There is something about seeing myself improve that motivates and excites me.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#73. There are a lot of things and in order to be at the top and maintain your focus you have to have something that motivates you. For me, it was what I perceived as a lack of respect from the boxing world as well as the media, which made me want to work so hard and be great.

Marvin Hagler

#74. There wasn't much as a kid that inspired me in what I did as an adult, but I was always very interested in what motivates people, and in telling stories and building things.

George Lucas

#75. Let me be very clear: We monitor the risks of violent extremism taking root here in the United States. We don't have the luxury of focusing our efforts on one group; we must protect the country from terrorism whether foreign or homegrown, and regardless of the ideology that motivates its violence.

Janet Napolitano