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Motivational Quotes
"We talk on principal, but act on motivation."
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"Awake, O brave one! Arise, O lion-heart! Be the messenger that spreads compassion."
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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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"If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you."
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"The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born."
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"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."
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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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"The path to success is to take massive, determined action."
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"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated."
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"I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge."
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"Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant."
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"Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action."
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"A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning."
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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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"Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant."
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"What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."
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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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"The truest wisdom is a resolute determination."
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"I just knew that economics had never been my big motivation."
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"A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results."
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"That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind."
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"At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets."
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"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
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"Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession."
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"People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation."
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"No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind."
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"When the train stopped, when she got off and heard the concrete of the platform under her heels, she felt light, lifted, impelled to action. She started off, walking fast, as if the speed of her steps could give form to the things she felt."
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"They that see how they can rise beyond the horizon never exert their total energy on things that are breathtaking on the ground! They think, they act and they see what we all see differently. Though their bodies live on the ground, their mind, spirit and energy journey purposefully towards higher heights each moment of time. They understand doing the small things that can result in great things and they reason from the ignorance, absurdity and the heralds of ordinariness of the masses. They know and understand the real reasons why they must dare, relax and ponder in patience, and also take steps with fortitude and tenacity for a noble accomplishment so as to leave great, distinctive and indelible footprints regardless of the hurdles they might face."
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"Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare."
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"It was all about wanting to get revenge. Pathetic, really, but it still is the motivation."
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"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small."
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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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"Don't give up! It's not over. The universe is balanced. Every set-back bears with it the seeds of a come-back."
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"You aren't battling your ability to stick to a diet, execute a business plan, repair a broken marriage and rebuild your life, hit your goals, or win over a bad manager- you are battling your feelings about doing it. You are more than capable of doing the work to change anything for the better, despite how you feel. Feelings are merely suggestions, ones you can ignore. To change you must do the same, you must ignore how you feel, and just do it anyway."
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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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"Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities."
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"You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed."
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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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"Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports."
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"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
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"All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love."
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"I sat down with my trainers to check my past seasons and to see what could be done to keep me motivated and in good shape. I had to find a new motivation, a new momentum."
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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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"In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything."
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