Quotes About Motivation

Valentine could persuade other people to her point of view- she could convince them that they wanted what she wanted them to want. Peter, on the other hand, could only make them fear what he wanted them to fear.

I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after.

He's such an extraordinarily brilliant person that it would be terrible if he let himself do nothing in the end.

If you did not do so for the sake of riches,You must have done so for the sake of novelty.

Worthy admonitions cannot fail to inspire us, but what matters is changing ourselves. Reverent advice cannot fail to encourage us, but what matters is acting on it. Encouraged without acting, inspired without changing – there's nothing to be done for such people.

The Master said, "I do not open the way for students who are not driven with eagerness; I do not supply a vocabulary for students who are not trying desperately to find the language for their ideas. If on showing students one corner they do not come back to me with the other three, I will not repeat myself.

You can figure out what the villain fears by his choice of weapons.

Find out what people want to do, then tell them to do it. They'll think you're a genius.

Great things.

I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else.

Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don't have something in the back of your head driving you nuts, you may not do anything. It's not a good arrangement. If I were God, I wouldn't have done it that way. [Interview, The Wall Street Journal , Nov. 20, 2009]

Teaching writing is a hustle.

I think that if there was a reason then that would just be one more thing to inquire about. My notion is you probably make up reasons after you've decided what it is you're goin to do. Or not do.

This the day to shape the days upon.

No todo el mundo necesita tener una razón para ir a alguna parte.

When smart people do dumb things it's usually due to one of two things. The two things are greed and fear. They want something they're not supposed to have or they've done something they weren't supposed to do. In either case they've usually fasten on to a set of beliefs that are supportive of their state of mind but at odds with reality. It has become more important for them to believe that to know.

That which fundamentally motivates one still dictates the terms of what one thinks and does—[…] one's eyes should be on the prize, not on the perpetrator of one's oppression.

perhaps because this time not fear but love made him read.

We're all liars when it serves our purpose.

No, it wasn't quite true that John had no conscience at all. Everyone had one. But there were many voices in his head that had an easier time reaching him: his ambition, his desire for fame and success—and for revenge.

Guilt is a strong motivator, sometimes even stronger than love.

A sense of purpose is a wonderful tonic for anxiety.

Some people who run for office want to create change, and some want everyone to fall in love with them.

All the more reason for you to go