Quotes About Motivation

The modern man thinks that everything ought to be done for the sake of something else, and never for it's own sake.

Há dois motivos para ler um livro. Um: porque você gosta; o outro: pra você se gabar disto.

No one is asking, let alone demanding, that you write. The world is not waiting with bated breath for your article or book. Whether or not you get a single word on paper, the sun will rise, the earth will spin, the universe will expand. Writing is forever and always a choice - your choice.

Love motivates self-less jealousy. God is jealous on our behalf. He is jealous for us to know the One True God. He is jealous for us to be in a posture of blessing. He is jealous for us to be kept from the evil one. He is jealous for us to be ready for our Bridegroom. Jealousy for someone's best is of God. Jealousy of someone's best is of the enemy.

A powerful motivation for believing God in our present is intentionally remembering how He's worked in our past.

If knowing God is not your chief motivation for prayer and Bible study, the last thing I want you to feel is guilt. Creating awareness is my goal. Awareness is always the first step to freedom.

I lined up with the Republicans because they were antitax, and I wanted to make a lot of money.

O.K., helplessness is repugnant to me, as a father, as a piece of protoplasm. My parents were activists. I don't believe you can't do anything.

I usually start with a repulsive character and go on from there.

My main motivation is not to get bored. I'm just hoping I get a vaguely maverick reputation.

All I wanted to do was win. People have to remember that when I came to Duke, they'd started to get a reputation that they can't win the big game. We were aware of that, and we hated it.

I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'

I do love being amongst creative people and facilitating that and being inspired by people. I get very bored with just competence and require inspiration all around me.

Character drives the story, and the story drives the book. I don't think about where the action should go, or how much there should be, until it's required by the characters. When I find myself adding conflict just because I'm afraid that the reader might get bored, I know I've taken a wrong turn somewhere.

Employees that feel known and they feel like they know why their job matters and they have a sense of measuring it stay later, do extra work, and are committed to the organization above the requirements that they have.

We actually believe in hope. But hope requires purpose. And purpose requires direction.

I believe being a good senator requires two things. Number one, acumen. Number two, interest.

Narcissism is the result of longstanding behavioral patterns that reflect fixed brain functioning. It requires a lot of motivation to change these patterns.

We know from research that growth is actually contagious, so if you want to reach your goals, you've got to get around people that are going in the same direction you want to be going, and you will catch the success.

I have always focused on basic research, motivated by a desire to understand the world.

I also found out that I liked biochemical research and that I could do it.

The idea led me into the research, which continues to give me more ideas for the story.

It's good to have high-quality competition. It helps drive research forward at a faster pace.

It would encourage young researchers if we can show that there is a big return for good research.