Quotes About Motivation

Bringing this man's murderer to justice was more important to Sebastian than he could begin to explain, even to himself.

I've always thought there are two ways of getting what you wanted in life.Forcing people to give it to you,or making them want to give it to you.

There's no such thing as writer's block, she proclaimed. If you can't write it's because you don't have anything to say. Or you're avoiding something.

Pay him a decent salary and work him hard. That way he won't have enough time to write anything on the side. But don't pay him so much that he can save up money to quit.

feelings, no matter how bad, were unlikely to change reality. Meaning, don't just sit there feeling sorry for yourself. Take action, her father would have said.

Rosenfeld runs the metropolitan staff, the Post's largest, like a football coach. He prods his players, letting them know that he has promised the front office results, pleading, yelling, cajoling, pacing, working his facial expressions for instant effects - anger, satisfaction, concern. -- Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward

But one doesn't wait for a revolution. One becomes it.

Perhaps, in retrospect, there would be little motivation even for malevolent extraterrestrials to attack the Earth; perhaps, after a preliminary survey, they might decide it is more expedient just to be patient for a little while and wait for us to self-destruct.

Los que tienen algo que vender, los que desean influir en la opinión pública, los que mandan, podría sugerir un escéptico, tienen un interés personal en no fomentar el escepticismo.

its key components are action and practice, which in turn prompt success, which refuels motivation. Figure

Company leaders know that success flourishes only when people are committed, believe in the organization, and take pride in their work.

If you get the urge, then write about it.

Most of all, he needed a challenge—because that was what gave life meaning.

Those who committed atrocities always seemed to do so out of a misconceived sense of righteousness and the greater good.

Visions born of fear give birth to our failing. Visions born of hope give birth to our success

always know what that reason is.

You don't bring about major political change simply by changing people's minds. It's their interests that need to be assailed, not their opinions.

The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.

Even a foolish old woman like me knows that lazy people don't think for themselves; they only think about themselves.

You mean that it's not only what he does that makes him dangerous, but also what he feels justified in doing?

It's easy to lead people when they have a sense of purpose. Sense of purpose is more important by far than the truth.

Fear triggers need, need powers sincerity. Sincerity is the required element.

People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.

Good intentions, being kind, can encourage the lazy, and motivate sound minds to become indolent. The more help you give them, the more help they need. As long as your kindness is open-ended, they never gain discipline, dignity, or self-reliance. Your kindness impoverishes their humanity.