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Motivational Quotes
"What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."
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"People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation."
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"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."
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"The path to success is to take massive, determined action."
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"Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality."
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"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action."
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"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."
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"Motivation always sparks a fire within us."
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"To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you."
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"Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later."
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"I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality."
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"Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel."
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"My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious."
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"If you want to give the devil a nervous breakdown, just get up every day and see how much good you can do."
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"I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game."
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"People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them."
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"If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself - your ethics, character, principles, purpose, motivation, and conduct. Invest at least 30% managing those with authority over you, and 15% managing your peers."
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"One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity."
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"Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged."
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"Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?"
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"It was all about wanting to get revenge. Pathetic, really, but it still is the motivation."
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"Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't distinguish between being a more empathic manager and a more empathic father."
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"If you can't get a miracle, become one."
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"The truest wisdom is a resolute determination."
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"Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere. Anyone who lives inside the US can never be considered an outsider anywhere in the country."
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"When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'"
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"Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action."
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"I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough - when they are on the very brink of success."
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"Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports."
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"But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected with these schools of thought, and someone who had a motivation that equals the scope of the comedy and the tragedy in the plays."
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"If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you."
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"I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk."
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"When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all."
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"No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure."
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"The motivation for war is simple. The U.S. government started the war with Iraq in order to make it easy for U.S. corporations to do business in other countries. They intend to use cheap labor in those countries, which will make Americans rich."
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"I just knew that economics had never been my big motivation."
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"Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant."
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"Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success."
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"Nothing great was ever achieved without a personal sacrifice. You have to pay the price to realize your goals."
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"Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do."
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"CHANGE: Don't just talk about it, go out there and do it. Don't just meditate about it, go out there and create it. Don't just pray about it go out there and take action; participate in the answering of your own prayer. If you want change, get out there and live it."
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"Walking your talk is a great way to motivate yourself. No one likes to live a lie. Be honest with yourself, and you will find the motivation to do what you advise others to do."
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"A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights."
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"Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities."
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"In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything."
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"Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well."
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"All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth."
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