A Quote by Tommy Caldwell

My motivation is internal.

Tommy Caldwell

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Internal Motivation

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Tommy Caldwell
American - Athlete
Born: August 11, 1978

Hard work and diligence are essential to success, but they require an internal motivation. That internal motivation is Vision

Myles Munroe

I truly believe motivation is internal, but there are so many things that happen externally, and it's hard to not pick that up as motivation.

Mohamed Bamba

Difference between motivation and inspiration - Motivation is external and short lived. Inspiration is internal and lifelong

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit.

Hal Higdon

What drives success, and the most successful students, is internal motivation.

Vivienne Ming

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.

Jillian Michaels

I didn't need to be motivated by other people overlooking me. My motivation was internal, to be better every day.

Adam Thielen

The moment money becomes your motivation, you are immediately not as good as someone who is stimulated by passion and internal will.

Sebastian Vettel

The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what? After you start doing the thing, that's when the motivation comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it.

John C. Maxwell

Don't worry about motivation. Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes. It is unreliable - and when you are counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished, you will likely fall short.

Jocko Willink

I dig those kinds of roles where I have to dig down and find some internal motivation. I like tough roles.

Michael Rooker

If you can hire people whose passion intersects with the job, they won't require any supervision at all. They will manage themselves better than anyone could ever manage them. Their fire comes from within, not from without. Their motivation is internal, not external.

Stephen Covey

War most often promotes the internal unity of each state involved. The state plagued by internal strife may then, instead of waiting for the accidental attack, seek the war that will bring internal peace.

Kenneth Waltz

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

Steven Pressfield

Actors always ask their directors what their motivation is in this scene or that scene, so I've always had this joke where I ask the director what my motivation is too. As a stunt person your motivation is usually to fall over a bench or something.