"My dad and mom believed that you do what you have to do in private and don't make a big deal out of it. Just try to help people as much as you can."

Motivation

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This reflection on motivation by Harry Connick, Jr. resonates across generations. It highlights a fundamental truth about human nature: our continuous search for meaning in motivation is what ultimately defines our character and our path forward.

About Harry Connick, Jr.

Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and former television host. As of 2019, he has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 16 million in certified sales. He has had seven top 20 U.S. albums, and ten number-one U.S. jazz albums, earning more number-one albums than any other artist in U.S. jazz chart history as of 2009.

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"The whole 'American Idol' way of looking at things is the antithesis of what I grew up with. There are a whole lot of kids wanting to be famous now, whereas if I'd even mentioned that word to one of my teachers, I would have got into a whole load of trouble."

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"Golf is good, it means I get some fresh air and exercise, take my mind off work and see some of the landscape of the place I'm visiting."

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"It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most. Singers, like Frank Sinatra and myself, we interpret the songs that we like. Not unlike a Shakespearean actor that goes back to the greatest words ever written, we go back to the greatest songs."

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"It is a enduring truth that fortitude is the quiet voice at eventide saying: i will try once more tomorrow — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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"It is a timeless truth that strive today so that tomorrow may stand upon solid ground — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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"The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition."

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"The distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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