Quotes About Motivation

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

There is no other road to genius than through voluntary self-effort

A positive mental attitude is the habit of acting with definiteness of purpose, with full belief in both the soundness of that purpose and one's ability to achieve it. It is the habit of going beyond the letter of one's responsibility and rendering more and better service than one is obligated to render, and doing it in a friendly, pleasing manner.

Thoughts which a man deliberately places in his own mind, and encourages with sympathy, and with which he mixes any one or more of the emotions, constitute the motivating forces, which direct and control his every movement, act, and deed!

Truly, my own son has taught me that handicaps can be converted into stepping stones on which one may climb toward some worthy goal, unless they are accepted as obstacles, and used as alibis.

Moreover, experience with thousands of people has proved that lack of persistence is a weakness common to the majority of men. It is a weakness which may be overcome by effort. The ease with which lack of persistence may be conquered will depend entirely upon the intensity of one's desire.

rules through which you may form the habits you desire:

they have little concern about the objective. And

At the beginning of the formation of a new habit, put force and enthusiasm into expressing what you want to become. Feel what you think.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a "quitter." A quitter never wins—and a winner never quits. Lift this sentence out, write it on a piece of paper in letters an inch high, and place it where you will see it every night before you go to sleep, and every morning before you go to work.

L'uomo, per tua regola, nasca ricco o povero, è obbligato in questo mondo a far qualcosa, a occuparsi, a lavorare. Guai a lasciarsi prendere dall'ozio! L'ozio è una bruttissima malattia, e bisogna guarirla subito, fin da ragazzi: se no, quando siamo grandi, non si guarisce più.

Akhirnya aku sadar, untuk mendapatkan uang banyak kita harus bekerja keras dengan tenaga dan pikiran kita sendiri.

Malicious acts are performed by people for personal gain … Sorcerers, though, have an ulterior purpose for their acts, which has nothing to do with personal gain. The fact that they enjoy their acts does not count as gain. Rather, it is a condition of their character. The average man acts only if there is a chance for profit. Warriors say they act not for profit but for the spirit.

One of the Greatest Forces in the Lives of Warriors is Fear. It Spurs them to Learn.

One mustn't dream of one's future; one must earn it.

I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.

Inspiration comes when you stick your elbows on the table, your bottom on the chair and you start sweating. Choose a theme, an idea, and squeeze your brain until it hurts. That's called inspiration.

Inspiration comes when you stick your elbows on the table and your bottom on the chair and start sweating. Choose a theme, an idea, and squeeze your brain until it hurts. That's called inspiration.

Learning how to differentiate between why one does things and why one says one does them is the first step toward getting to know oneself. And from there to no longer being a cretin, there's still quite a way to go.

Az igazmondást kevés dolog indokolja, a hazugságnak viszont végtelen sok oka lehet.

I can't die yet, doctor. Not yet. I have things to do. Afterwards I'll have a whole lifetime in which to die.

burro y con la zanahoria en ristre.

Every self-respecting persuasive ploy must first appeal to curiosity, then to vanity, and lastly to kindness or remorse.

Az elsÅ' lépés önmagad megismerésében, ha különbséget tudsz tenni aközött, hogy miért teszel valamit, meg hogy mit mondasz, miért teszed. De ennél még odébb van, hogy valaki ne legyen kretén.