Quotes about Motivation

I didn't want to be like everyone else. I wanted to be better. If I did what everybody else did, then why would you look up to me? Why would I set an example?

People expect a lot for me now, and I will achieve that.

I started playing basketball very late, and for me to make it to the league so fast... I've always said my life is a movie.

To me, we're marketing hope.

Passion about nothing is like pouring gasoline in a car without wheels. It isn't going to lead anybody anywhere.

Author Toni Morrison swats aside other possible sources of her success and says that the ONLY reason she is a great writer is because when she walked into a room as a child her father's face lit up.

Characters only take action after they are challenged by an outside force.

A story is a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it.

Stew Friedman at the Wharton School puts it, defining a "compelling image of an achievable future,"1 leaders captivate the imaginations of their audiences.

It's true that while ambition creates fear, it also creates the story.

Our 'behavior' will not be changed long with self-discipline, but fall in love and a human will accomplish what he never thought possible. The laziest of men will swim the English channel to win his woman. I think what Rick said is worth repeating that by accepting God's love for us, we fall in love with Him, and only then do we have the fuel we need to obey.

Storybrand Principle Five: Customers do not take action unless they are challenged to take action.