Quotes About Motivation

You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.

But he who accomplishes a truly human work, he who does some- 33 thing really great and victorious, is never spurred to his task by those trifling attractions called by the name of "prizes," nor by the fear of those petty ills which we call "punishments." If

some leaders don't want to celebrate with their team because they are afraid—yes, afraid that if they celebrate, people will quit working hard and lower the standards. I say don't let your fear take you out.

Wednesdays are like Mondays in the middle of the week!

The first and most practical step in getting what one wants in this world is wanting it. One would think that the next step would be expressing what one wants. But it almost never is. It generally consists in wanting it still harder.

A vice is a failure of desire.

It disturbed Eve, though, that Claire believed that a young female detective would be more motivated than a man to investigate the sexual assault of a woman. Was there any merit to that belief?

The corrupt, self-serving prick was trying to distract you from the truth to save his career, remember?

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product and profits. Unless you've got a good team, you can't do much with the other two.

Don't just stand there; make something happen.

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.

What is it that you like doing? If you don't like it, get out of it, because you'll be lousy at it.

Get all the education you can then go out and do something - do anything.

I've always felt that a manager has achieved a great deal when he's able to motivate one other person. When it comes to making the place run, motivation is everything. You might be able to do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then...do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits. People come first. Unless you've got a good team, you can't do much with the other two.

The task of the leaders must be to provide or create for them a strong framework within which they can learn, work hard, be productive and be rewarded accordingly. And this is not easy to achieve.

No, your job as a leader is to inspire and to galvanize, not to share your distraught thoughts. You make your people dispirited.

You need, besides determination, all the other attributes that will push a project along. You must have application, you must be prepared to work hard, you must be prepared to get people to work with you.