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Motivational Quotes



"You always succeed in producing a result."


"I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough - when they are on the very brink of success."


"Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee ... I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now."


"Until we courageously find a cheaper antidote to our ignorance, we shall courageously pay a higher price for our ignorance always."



"Being here allows me to make the case that not all aging, narcissistic movie actors whose children could be mistaken for their grandchildren necessarily act with the same motivation."


"Get out of your own way. stop the paralysis by analysis. dream your dream. then, WAKE UP and bring it to life!"


"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."



"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."


"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."


"If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around."


"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."


"Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel."


"My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious."



"I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions."


"We negotiated with the Honduran government the establishment of a regional military training center, for training central American forces, but the primary motivation for doing that was to be able to bolster the quality, improve the quality of the El Salvadoran fighting forces."


"Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done."


"Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later."


"Life is not about negative circumstances that happen to you, it's about what you do with the golden opportunities hidden within!"


"A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights."


"We expert teachers know that motivation and emotional impact are what matter."


"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."


"If you can't get a miracle, become one."


"Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being."


"While many hackers have the knowledge, skills, and tools to attack computer systems, they generally lack the motivation to cause violence or severe economic or social harm."


"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."


"Don't throw away another day! No more procrastinating! Only YOU can make it happen. So, UN-ASS the couch and make it happen!"



"I don't have the fire in the belly right now. It's one of those been there, done that deals."



"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?"


"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."


"You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life."



"I don't think any collector knows his true motivation."


"May you find grace to fulfil your dream."


"Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way."


"People want a cop-out, listen I'm a realist and I talk about motivation, talk about all the things it takes to be greater or are important to win and people want to use excuses all the time."


"Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people."


"There are two types of risk in life: the danger of trying and the danger of not trying."


"The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get."



"Everybody kind of perceives me as being angry. It's not anger, it's motivation."



"When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all."



"Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are."


"The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come."


"Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other."



"We had an opportunity to clinch a playoff berth and I think if that's not enough motivation I don't think you should be playing this game."


"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.'"


"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit."


"I don't know if there are words to describe my motivation."


"In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literature, which had a great tradition and strong motivation to be that way, Polish literature changed its focus to a psychological rather than a social one."


"If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday."



"For a moment the rank felt as though they had just returned from single-handedly conquering a distant province. They felt, in fact, tremendously bucked-up, which was how Lady Ramkin would almost certainly have put it and which was definitely several letters of the alphabet away from how they normally felt."


"The, per second great thought investment will yield the best hourly harvest of great life."
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