Quotes About Motivation

And one of my absolute favorite quotes of all-time, one that I've adopted as one of my greatest life mottos: Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go."

I think as a filmmaker my first contribution would just be to make a good movie that people would love to see and leave the theatre charged, with a sense of excitement.

I just love learning about the way people used to live their lives, and I think what also ties into that is psychology, because I like knowing why people do certain things.

I fell in love with coaching. I loved interacting with young people, having the opportunity to make a tremendous impression on them.

If you love what you do, you'll be your best at it compared to anything else you might have chosen as a career. Or at least you will love it more, and you won't lead a depressed day of your life.

The actualising of God through the medium of the love song remains my prime motivation as an artist.

I love working. I feel guilty about doing nothing; I get bored.

How can there be no such word as can't? Ramona wondered. Mrs. Rudge had just said can't. If there was so such word as can't then Mrs. Rudge could not have said there was no such word as can't. Therefore, what Mrs. Rudge said could not be true.

The particular combination of the explicit communication of high standards and the demonstrated assurance of the teacher's belief in the student's ability to succeed (as evidenced by the effort to provide detailed, constructive feedback) was a powerful intervention for Black students...it was an exceedingly effective way to generate the trust needed to motivate Black students to make their best effort.

Whoever was the person behind Stonehenge was one dickens of a motivator, I'll tell you that.

Don't ever do anything on principle alone. If you haven't got a better reason for doing something other than the principle of the thing, then don't do it.

Mark was still explaining. "You see, what it does is this: it gives violence a purpose. It makes us somebody. Because we're not doing it for ourselves. We're doing it for something greater—for us. The violence is for the lads.

Nobody does anything for nothing.

That tells us something, at least. They weren't true believers, not radicals. This wasn't ISIS or Al Qaeda or any of their cancerous branches. They were mercenaries for hire.

Post-it notes

When you graduate from college, they tell you to follow your dreams. Does anyone say you have to wake up first?

Decide that you want it more than you're afraid of it

I studied every thing but never topped.. But today the toppers of the best universities are my employees - Bill Gates

This is great

David Foster Wallace. (I'm preparing for his mammoth novel Infinite Jest by

Authentic leaders, such as Mulcahy, recognize the collective power of an empowered team far exceeds that of any single individual, and they rally teams around a common cause.

I get to do what I like to do every single day of the year. I tap-dance to work, and when I get there, I think I'm supposed to lie on my back and paint the ceiling. It's tremendous fun. —Warren Buffett, CEO, Berkshire Hathaway

If a goal is really important to me, I discipline myself in order to achieve it.

If you're a serious-minded leader, you will read.