Quotes About Motivation

Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.

I get a lot of letters from people. They say "I want to be a writer. What should I do?" I tell them to stop writing to me and to get on with it.

No-one works for money alone and tapping into what people want from their careers and what they have to offer is essential.

People know what they want because they know what other people want.

Most people are not going after what they want. Even some of the most serious goal seekers and goal setters, they're going after what they think they can get. Set your sights higher.

Stephen Arnott

How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb? Only one. But the light bulb has really got to want to change.

Though most students in those days read with an accomplished attorney in his office, Lincoln taught himself entirely on his own.

When asked why a man sixty-nine years old, who had spent most of his life manufacturing and selling small household appliances, should suddenly at the end of his career fling himself into the construction of a major building, Mr. Clark replied, "To make money.

his abilities, of course. He was always intending

Having worked out what matters most now, pass the message on to others and give them responsibility for carrying out their part in the plan. Keep it simple. Don't tell people what to do and how to do it. Instead, be as clear as you can about your intentions. Say what you want people to achieve and, above all, tell them why. Then ask them to tell you what they are going to do as a result.

There are many reasons why people might only go through the motions. Two of the most common are that they do not believe a course of action is feasible or that they do not believe it makes sense.

Imagine a place where everyone chooses to bring energy, passion, and a positive attitude every day.

Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for.

There's only one things more contagious than enthusiasm, and that's the lack of it

Leadership is essentially a task of persuasion—of winning people's minds and hearts.

A man who wants to do something will find a way; a man who doesn't will find an excuse.

We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying

People often ask me: "Oh, how do you find the time to write books?" I say: "You never find it. You won't find it. You have to create it.

This is the part in the movie where Jade's supposed to rally, she knows. She's not supposed to mope, she's supposed to be gearing up, pouring black powder into lightbulbs, hammering nails into the business end of a bat, that kind of stuff.

Yet literal or figurative, only the human state, the mode that is balanced without too much suffering and too much comfort, is said to be conducive to future spiritual growth. An excess of suffering prevents people from ever giving thought to anything else since their minds are overwhelmed by pain, while an excess of comfort and happiness dulls the mind and gives no motivation for change.

I never waited for my Irish Cream coffee to be the right temperature, with a storm happening outside and my fireplace crackling ... I wrote every day, at home, in the office, whether I felt like it or not, I just did it.

The absence of love leaves a devastating void. When it is not present, your spirituality becomes superficial, your benevolent deeds self-centered, and your sacrifices insincere. In any relationship where love is not your motivation, you can expect it to feel bland and unfulfilling—if not meaningless.

Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.