Quotes About Motivation

When an army doesn't want to fight, you don't need much experience to win.

I learned from Arnold Schwarzenegger, too, that it's O.K. to be pluggish.

There were a lot of reasons why I wanted to leave Arsenal.

When I was playing for Reading, I got this feeling of being the No 1 - and I want that at Arsenal.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent

Necessity is often the spur to genius.

And he woke up the next morning light-hearted and eager; so fine a medicine was the will to action.

So fine a medicine is the will to action.

Busy idleness urges us on

The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

To have any goal in your life is to forget about the uselessness of life. To think of interesting ideas. - Isvan Moldovan

This is my answer to the gap between ideas and action - I will write it out.

The true function of the teacher is to create the most favorable conditions for self-learning.… True teaching is not that which gives knowledge, but that which stimulates pupils to gain it. One might say that he teaches best who teaches least. JOHN MILTON GREGORY

Kids go to school and college and get through, but they don't seem to really care about using their minds. School doesn't have the kind of long term positive impact that it should.

Having demonstrated the importance of sexuality in motivating human behavior in general, Freud called attention to the sexual factors that undergird a creative life. In Freud's view, creative individuals are inclined (or compelled) to sublimate much of their libidinal energy into "secondary" pursuits, such as writing, drawing, composing, or investigating scientific puzzles. He would have found many data of interest in the seven cases presented here.

Emotionally charged territory: What are the issues and ideas about which this person feels strongly? Should one engage these or avoid them? Can one mobilize this person around an area of strong feeling? How does one avoid the minefields that stand in the way of the desired change? Is this person motivated more by attraction to what she likes, or by fear of what she dislikes?

Stories are the single most powerful weapon in a leader's arsenal

The implied premise of this passage is that life must be everlasting to be meaningful, but there is no obvious reason for thinking that. Why not draw the opposite conclusion—that the fact that life is short is our motivation for filling it with meaning? If we are keenly aware of "time's wingéd chariot,

Large or small, our actions forge our futures, hopefully inspiring others along the way.

But I do think effective leaders share two intertwined attributes: an unbridled level of confidence about where their organizations are headed, and the ability to bring people along.

When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.