Denis Waitley Quotes

It's not about motivation. It's about what's driven inside of you.

Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior.

No alarm clock needed. My passion wakes me up.. !

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

My motivation is internal.

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

I think motivation is a thing that is inside of you.

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

People talk about great motivators, but I think motivation has to come from within the individual first, because if you haven't got that inner strength yourself, and belief and you want to do well, it doesn't matter what anybody else says. You have to have that; it has to be inbuilt.

I believe you're either intrinsically motivated or you're not.

I find motivation within myself. I run track not from a competitive Nature, but because I'm a very goal-oriented person.

One of the things we know is that you cannot motivate other people, but you can remove the obstacles that stop them from motivating themselves. All motivation is self-motivation.

You have to rely on whatever sparks you have inside.

What spurs a person to get more serious is highly individual, but I have found that no matter what a person's level of ability, motivation must come from within, or it will not last.

Real motivation is that drive from within: You know where you are going because you have a compelling image inside, not a travel poster on the wall.

Do you depend on others for motivation - or can you motivate yourself?

The best motivation is self-motivation.

Motivation is something nobody else can give you. Others can help motivate you, but basically it must come from you and it must be a constant desire to do your very best at all times and under any circumstances.

I do have a memo all the time because I need to be guided by something in my life. I'm not religious and I don't have idols, so something has to drive me.

We have our own reasons for what's motivating us right now.

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.

I only really work when I want to.

No one can make me work harder than I do, so I'm generally not interested in who I am competing with.

It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.

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