Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.
Every single organization - or career, for that matter - exists on three levels: WHAT you do, HOW you do it and WHY you do it.
What is the fire that burns in your heart? If you are lucky enough to discover it, than by all means fan the flames and let the fire be the guiding light for a life worth living.
Wars are fought to gain a certain objective. War itself is not the objective; victory is not the objective; you fight to remove the obstruction that comes in the way of your objective. If you let victory become the end in itself then you've gone astray and forgotten what you were originally fighting about.
I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it.
When you find your reason for living, hold onto it. Never let it go. Even if it means burning other bridges along the way.
Everybody's motivation comes from the core of who they are.
Nothing else counts except what you want.
I've had my eyes opened to so many things. But still, all I really want to do is my truck job. It's like an ingrained, default setting.
We don't change with the times because we write from the heart. We don't need to change our image to sell records because that's not why we do this.
Search then the ruling passion: This clue, once found, unravels all the rest.