Ry Cooder Quotes

I like the fact that there is challenge.

People often say that stress is a motivator. What we're referring to when we say this is really better described as stimulation and engagement.

My motivation is to be creative and have fun. You want to do something that keeps you on your toes the rest of your life and keeps you busy.

The more variance I have in my days, the more exciting each thing is and the more I enjoy doing it.

I don't worry about running myself ragged. I worry about being bored.

The human being needs a challenge, and my advice to every person in Singapore and elsewhere: Keep yourself interested, have a challenge.

What more could you ask for in life than to be given an impossible challenge?

To me, it's all about inspiration. What gets me creatively excited is a challenge.

I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.

It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

I choose questions to work on according to how much they excite me.

To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.

The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies.

For me, anything that you take on, you want to be challenged. That's what makes the job exciting.

I like to be challenged.

There is power in helping people get excited about what they do and inspiring and motivating them to unleash their full potential.

At my ashram, people work long hours joyfully because they are inspired. When people are involved and joyfully doing something, they usually turn out ten times more and do more than what they would normally do as a duty.

Working with someone who's really passionate about it is great, because you become passionate, and then it's fun; it's not work anymore.

You need to find that thing that's going to get you through your day and that you're excited about. No day should ever be lived without feeling like it was a fulfilling day. You need to set yourself up for that.

'Thou shalt not bore' is a commandment that should be at the centre of our ambitions.

I just want to be a part of something exciting, that's all.

You don't always want to go do the same thing day after day because your body, as well as your mind, is not going to be as stimulated. You're not going to want to work as hard or be as motivated.

We all love challenges.

It is opposition that makes us productive.