Quotes About Motivation

No man commits evil for the sake of it; even the Devil himself has some farther design in sinning, than barely the wicked part of it.

The subject of management is man; the objective of management is the moving of man's mind and will and imagination.

A young man is stirred and stimulated by the consciousness of how much depends upon his own exertions: a young girl is oppressed by it.

A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet.

Man only blames himself in order that he may be praised.

The creative life was the only one for a serious man.

Verily, men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason.

To lead, you must touch men's hearts.

It's something I've always kicked around, not doing the eBook but the Rich Man, Poor Man thing.

Man tends always to satisfy his needs and desires with the least possible exertion.

Training the will in trivial and grave matters increases its strength and flexibility, and enables man to constantly strive and persevere.

No man is too good to be the athletic coach for youth.

Men do not get up and do mischief, without there is someone in the head of it.

Don't be economic Girlie-Men.

The attack on "selfishness" is an attack on man's self-esteem; to surrender one, is to surrender the other.

How difficult it is to get men to believe that any other man can or does act from disinterestedness!

A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.

A man's acts are partly determined by spontaneous impulse, partly by the conscious and unconscious effects of the various groups to which he belongs.

Religions which have any very strong hold over men's actions have generally some instinctive basis.

The modern man thinks that everything ought to be done for the sake of something else, and never for its own sake.

Man can be stimulated by hope or driven by fear, but the hope and the fear must be vivid and immediate if they are to be effective without producing weariness.

Unfortunately, however, power is sweet, and the man who in the beginning seeks power merely in order to have scope for his benevolence is likely, before long, to love the power for its own sake.

The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.

All men seek happiness. There are no exceptions.... This is the motive of every act of every man, including those who go and hang themselves.