Motivational Quotes

Motivation

No one does anything from a single motive.

- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Best Quotes about Motivation

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

Ziglar, Zig

Two purposes in human nature rule. Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain.

Pope, Alexander

We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.

Drucker, Peter F.

You don't have to do anything you don't want to do.

Fink, David Harold

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.

Holtz, Lou

I never criticize a player until they are first convinced of my unconditional confidence in their abilities.

Robinson, John

When the administrator feels himself to be the sole driving agency, and finds himself chiefly engaged in arousing those who apathetic and coercing those who are antagonistic, there is something vitally wrong with the administration. An executive should find himself engaged chiefly in directing the energies which create themselves naturally in all parts of the business, and in finding the proper outlet for the eager upward striving of the ranks below.

Jones, E.E.

Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.

Brown, Les

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Help people become more motivated by guiding them to the source of their own power.

Thomas, Paul G.

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Am I motivated by what I really want out of life -- or am I mass-motivated?

Nightingale, Earl

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God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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The most important thing about a man is what he believes in the depth of his being. This is the thing that makes him what he is, The thing that organizes him and feeds him; the thing that keeps him going in the face of untoward circumstances; the thing that gives him resistance.

Tigner, Hugh Stevenson

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One of the reasons it has seemed so difficult for a person to change his habits, his personality, or his way of life, has been that heretofore nearly all efforts at change have been directed to the circumference of the self, so to speak, rather than to the center.

Maltz, Maxwell

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Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.

Riley, Pat

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Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.

Dunne, Finley Peter

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When the leader passes over all alike, not making a distinction, then the endeavors of those who are capable of exertion are entirely lost.

Hitopadesa

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It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

Richter, Jean Paul

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The mechanics of industry is easy. The real engine is the people : Their motivation and direction.

Gilbert, Ken

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One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.

Foster, John W.

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There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

Carnegie, Dale

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There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.

Riley, Pat

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I still feel like I gotta prove something. There are a lot of people hoping I fail. But I like that. I need to be hated.

Stern, Howard

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Education is not the filling of the pail, but, the lighting of the fire.

Yeats, William Butler

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The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different.

Pitino, Rick

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We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own.

Green, Russel

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Instruction does much, but encouragement does everything.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn.

Wesley, John

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Next to excellence, comes the appreciation of it.

Thackeray, William M.

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Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you.

Gillies, Jerry

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The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal.

Smith, Francie Larrieu

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To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

Laird, Donald

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You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

Boetcker, William

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The inner thought coming from the heart represents the real motives and desires. These are the cause of action.

Holliwell, Raymond

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No one does anything from a single motive.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

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Motivation is like food for the brain. You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular top up s.

Davies, Peter

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

Ryun, Jim

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We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.

Sheehan, George

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The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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I usually need a can of beer to prime me.

Mailer, Norman

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I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.

Confucius

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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

Holtz, Lou

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We must treasure the achievers of our land because it's they who raise the sights of all the others.

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You are what you think. You are what you go for. You are what you do!

Richards, Bob

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It is in human nature to relax, when not compelled by personal advantage or disadvantage.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us... they can't get away this time. [When Surrounded By 8 Enemy Divisions During WW2]

Puller, Chesty

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If I would be happy, I would be a bad ballplayer. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body.

Clemente, Roberto

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You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.

Vauvenargues, Marquis De