Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

Motivation is like fire — unless you keep adding fuel to it, it dies. Your fuel is your belief in your inner values.

There needs to be something burning inside you that pushes you to wake up and grind.’’

People's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual importance or not, it doesn't matter as far the maintenance of life is concerned. They are all just fuel. Advertising filler in the news paper, philosophy books, dirty pictures in a magazine, a bundle of ten-thousand-yen bills; when you feed them to fire, they are just paper. The fire isn't thinking 'oh This is Kant' or 'Oh This is Yomuri evening edition' or 'Nice tits', while it burns. To the fire, they are nothing but scraps of paper. It is the exact same thing. Important memories , not-so-important memories, totally useless memories : there is no distinction — they are all just fuel

"You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual importance or not, it doesn't matter as far as the maintenance of life is concerned. They're all just fuel. Advertising fillers in the newspaper, philosophy books, dirty pictures in a magazine, a bundle of ten-thousand-yen bills: when you feed 'em to the fire, they're all just paper. The fire isn't thinking 'Oh, this is Kant,' or 'Oh, this is the Yomiuri evening edition,' or 'Nice tits,' while it burns. To the fire, they're nothing but scraps of paper. It's the exact same thing. Important memories, not-so-important memories, totally useless memories: there's no distinction — they're all just fuel."

Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.

And never forget, there is memory.

You’re always going to remember the negative, but I think that’s what pushes you and that’s what gets you to the level you want to be at.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Memories are important. They are the little pockets of nostalgia we dip into now and again just to remember what the past tasted like and sometimes it was good. In this way, we can build up a whole ladder of memories and reach a whole other world whenever we want it. It's comforting, it's an escape, but why not?

Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

There must be something deep within our memory as a species that is pleased by being able to look at what is making us warm.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habits is what keeps you going.

Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.