Quotes About Motivation

When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration?

School did stress me out, like it does for a lot of young people. I didn't like having to do work that I didn't care about.

NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve. It's sad that we are turning the programme in a direction where it will reduce the amount of motivation and stimulation it provides to young people.

America needs young people to be inspired to choose sacrifice over greed.

The bad thing about young people starting a company is that sometimes they do it for the wrong reasons or because they have the wrong skill set, but the good thing is that they don't have any of the old paradigms baked into them, so they have a lot of the bright new ideas that are harder to come by as you get older.

For me, getting young people engaged in politics and public service is really one of the most fun things that I get to do.

To all of the young people out there who are creating social change or even fomenting social movements: hold on to your idealism and your belief in your ability to change the world. Your lofty goals demand attention and deserve support.

I'd like to think I inspire young people to be creative.

I find young people talk about what they want to do, which is great because you get to form the words, but its also like, you gotta just get in there.

I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.

Young people want to work.

To my disappointment, not many young people seem to be interested in science, especially chemistry.

I'm not much for sitting around and thinking about the past or talking about the past. What does that accomplish? If I can give young people something to think about, like the future, that's a better use of my time.

We are winning the hearts of these young people out there.

I always tell young people: When you meet someone successful, ask them as many questions as you can. Because there's nothing more successful people love - nothing more - than talking about their successes, and you can learn a lot in that.

I motivate what I see in young people because we employ about forty thousand young people in our various Chick-fil-A units. Some of them come to work because they need to work; others just work because they just like to work. There's nothing wrong with that.

If I ever had needed to put together a CV, it would be quite short. Like many young people, I'd highlight my desire to work hard.

The goal of my Foundation is to give young people a chance to better themselves and establish a base for a successful future.

Many young people even tell me that 'You inspire us to do something big in life.'

If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.

The highly motivated young people who comprise the backbone of our military force truly are taking their place as one of America's greatest generations.

I enjoy seeing young people being interested in what they can do.

I like to tell young people to work hard for your goals and live in the moment.

Being selected Most Improved was a special individual award because when I speak to young people I always try to tell them the importance about it's not where you start but where you end up.