Quotes About Motivation

I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it.... We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and, in the long run, the less he will be able to feel.

Did I love what I was doing, or did I love myself in doing it?

The self-help movement that began in the latter half of the twentieth century suffers particularly from this flaw, for the personal and interpersonal skills it seeks to cultivate are almost always designed to get us more of what we think we want, rather than to bring about a change of heart.

You will never achieve or succeed in life higher than your attitude.

Direction is not of any use to a person who is not moving. God

People think you have only to 'tell' a person that he 'ought' to do something in order to put him on the right track. But whether he can or will do it is another matter.

We shall not be digressing if we take this opportunity to try to grasp the psychological meaning of this rupture of the natural course of instinct, which is what the Christian process of sacrifice appears to be. From what has been said it follows that conversion signifies at the same time a transition to another attitude. This also makes it clear from what source the impelling motive for conversion comes, and how far Tertullian was right in conceiving the soul as naturaliter Christiana.

Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows art to realize its purposes through him.

I'll tell anyone who will listen," he said softly. "What I can't figure out is why everybody doesn't do it. Look for the best, I mean. It's easy, and it makes life go easier.

Carnegie structure.

and persuasive when what he really wanted to do was get going. He said,

But wanting to change, and actually making it happen were two different things.

Inspiration doesn't "strike." Inspiration is scheduled. It happens when you allow it the time and attention it deserves.

Hope is the sum of the mental willpower and waypower that you have for your goals.

Simply put, hope reflects a mental set in which we have the perceived willpower and the waypower to get to our destination.

This lesson happened to be in the context of fishing, but the basic high-hope message was the same across situations: Set clear goals and then get energized about ways to reach those objectives.

In the car, Dad said solemnly, "Willie, you should understand that I'm doing this because I want you to be a success in life." "Driving me to school, Dad?

If you don't produce, you won't thrive—no matter how skilled or talented you are.

craftsman mindset focuses on what you can offer the world, the passion mindset focuses instead on what the world can offer you. This mindset is how most people approach their working lives.

Compelling careers often have complex origins that reject the simple idea that all you have to do is follow your passion.

You have a finite amount of willpower that becomes depleted as you use it. Your will, in other words, is not a manifestation of your character that you can deploy without limit; it's instead like a muscle that tires.

You have a finite amount of willpower that becomes depleted as you use it. Your

I get an extra 20 IQ points from being in that office,