Quotes About Motivation

Success without hard work is like sauce without salt

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

I became evil for no reason. I had no motive for my wickedness except wickedness itself. It was foul, and I loved it. I loved the self-destruction, I loved my fall, not the object for which I had fallen but my fall itself. My depraved soul leaped down from your firmament to ruin. I was seeking not to gain anything by shameful means, but shame for its own sake.

Free curiosity has greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion.

A free curiosity has more force in our learning these things, than a frightful enforcement.

God provides the wind, but man must raise the sails.

Go forth and set the world on fire.

Dreams have as much influence as actions.

Going to the gym...all those people who always told me that you get addicted to it, that endorphins kick in, that eventually you crave it and look forward to it are sick lying ****s and I want to choke them with a protein bar and pummel them about the head with a bottle of SmartWater.

The hardest part of writing is the same as doing your homework...it's staying seated in your chair.

If I were a character in one of my books, I'd be the optimistic one, believing the best and urging others to do the same.

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You know, I guess one person can make a difference. 'Nuff said...

One of the best ways to raise the level of church-attendee commitment is presenting an orientation of excellence.

Das Leben zwingt den Menschen zu allerlei freiwilligen Handlungen.

You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain.

See what you've done? It's catching. That great kid, going an extra mile because you're a great kid.

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.

is not what subjects do but for whom they are doing it that counts.

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I despise this weakness in myself--this endless one-sided conversation that takes the place of action...

No one acts altruistically without regard to the costs.

Celui qui n'est pas passionné devient tout au plus un pédagogue; c'est toujours par l'intérieur qu'il faut aller aux choses, toujours, toujours en partant de la passion.

But spite is a wonderful thing for keeping people alive.