Quotes About Motivation

Si la fe es para ellos un medio para alcanzar algún fin mundano, a buen seguro que no se trata de fé.

I think the motive force of all our action is, after all, personal happiness.

No sort of activity is likely to be lasting if it is not founded on self-interest, that's a universal principle, a philosophical principle

He thought of nothing, desired nothing, except not to lag behind and to do the best job he could.

Our real innermost concern was to get as much money and praise as possible. To gain that end we could do nothing except write books and papers.

An inner voice tells us we are in the wrong if we are idle.

The existence of dissonance, being psychologically uncomfortable, will motivate the person to try to reduce the dissonance and achieve consonance. When dissonance is present, in addition to trying to reduce it, the person will actively avoid situations and information which would likely increase the dissonance.

A sailor without a destination cannot hope for a favorable wind.

Who here wants to be a writer?' I asked. Everyone in the room raised his hand. 'Why the hell aren't you home writing?' I said, and left the stage.

Talent isn't enough. You need motivation-and persistence, too: what Steinbeck called a blend of faith and arrogance. When you're young, plain old poverty can be enough, along with an insatiable hunger for recognition. You have to have that feeling of "I'll show them." If you don't have it, don't become a writer

For me, love is happiness and inspiration.

If I can inspire people by showing that following a dream by working hard and being determined is possible, it's amazing.

If you're not attempting to get someone to see, feel, think, or act in a particular manner, why bother communicating at all?

Ayn Rand defines "value" as "that which one acts to gain and/or keep."3 "Value" denotes the object of an action: it is that which some entity's action is directed to acquiring or preserving

I say close down the schools of education. At most, all that is required is a one-year post-high school course on practical advice: tips on motivating;

A vision without a task makes a visionary; a task without a vision is drudgery; a vision with a task makes a missionary.

The destructive effects of video games are not on boys' cognitive abilities or their reaction times, but on there motivation and their connectedness with the real world.

The destructive effects of video games are not on boys' cognitive abilities or their reaction times, but on their motivation and their connectedness with the real world.

If necessity is the mother of invention, laziness is the father. The Einstein summation convention is the offspring of this happy marriage.

Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

I grew up when I was 15 when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half, and since then I've asked myself how I can emulate such artistry. That's really my motivation. I want to do something as good as my heroes have done.

Draußen summten motivierte Hummeln vorbei.

There are always such people who begin everything but never finish, and I am such a one.