Quotes About Motivation

You can lead mankind into the gold mines of the mind and into the diamond fields of the soul, and the secret lies in the words you speak.

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.

I quickly decided to turn loss and failure into my driving force.

who shared his passion

One more tip. Gay Hendricks came up with what he calls the "Ultimate Success Mantra" as a good place to start. Every morning before you get out of bed, say the following: "I expand in abundance, success, and love every day as I inspire those around me to do the same.

Not all who become leaders crave the power that goes with it.

My mom brought me up to believe that my talent is a gift and a blessing.

Lori says, "Look at this. Your SATs are in the 600s. And you have a 3.8 average this semester. That's really good." "It's an easy school." "No, it isn't." "It's not that big a deal." "It is a big deal, actually. These are applying-to-college stats. Have you thought about that?" "No." "Why not?

In Bangor, she'd had no incentive to do homework—her foster parents were partiers, and she'd come home from school to find a house full of drunks. In Spruce Harbor, there aren't so many distractions. Dina and Ralph don't drink or smoke, and they're strict. Jack has a beer now and then, but that's about it. And Molly discovered that she actually likes to study.

Don't just aim high, reach it and grab some happiness along the way.

Only those who row the boat make waves

You can always fix crap. You can't fix a blank page.

Our lives are enriched by generosity, forgiveness, and magnanimity. It is only when the cultivation of these virtues is motivated by the dream of salvation by someone else that these virtues become problematic.

Genuine self-esteem comes with pride in achievement, which is the fruit of disciplined effort.

a character without ambition, is like love without lust.

walls in my office, bedroom,

Some of my colleagues…acknowledge that the earth is warming, but insist that such warming (and cooling) is nothing unusual, and it's not catastrophic. The end result is that the skeptics tend to be tolerant of dispute and dissent because we do not necessarily agree among ourselves. The believers are not only intolerant of dissent—they are convinced that all skeptics must be motivated by greed or other evil forces….

Contemplation that does not foster action is no better than a broken wing.

tactics that businesses use to meet their deadlines or motivate their workers are a way of reapportioning that urgency: by moving up deadlines, by breaking them up into shorter chunks, by focusing the mission, by making teams interdependent. The trick is to feel that deadline effect constantly, even when the deadline itself has disappeared.

The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer.

Pick a genre Pick a word count Decide on the number of characters in your story Select a theme Give yourself a deadline for completing the story

I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow. This never fails.

Die Ermüdbarkeit des Menschen steht in umgekehrtem Verhältnis zu seinen wirklichen Interessen.

I often noticed that the surrounding mountains inspired Hitler. He once joked that here he stood 'above the world' in an environment comparable to Olympius, legendary mount of the gods, but that alone can never have been the motivation for himto put down his private roots on Obersalzberg.