Quotes About Motivation

The pay and privilege of the captains of industry are now so closely linked to the quarterly dividend that they may find it personally unrewarding to do what is right for the company.

Routine, in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition

Money never starts an idea; it is the idea that starts the money.

We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.

Every man I had seen who seemed brave in facing another's sword had been either desperate to obtain something or to escape something. I could not think of a single exception. If desperation was not involved, men fought with very clear heads, and there was little bravery about it: none was required because they did not choose to act unless the odds of success were well in their favor.

rhetoric is will doing the work of imagination

I could have easily gone down the wrong path and dropped out of school, but I was given a second chance.

Super-ambitious goals tend to be unifying and energizing to people; but only if they believe there's a chance of success.

With each passing minute comes the chance to dream, create and inspire

I know that if I perform at a really high level, we're going to have a better chance to win.

The chance of winning a Super Bowl in a city like New York, there's nothing like it. Once you win one, you get that bug to win another one, that edge.

I'm grateful to have the chance to be inspired by the incredible artists that are out there.

If, by chance, you find that you are losing hope, tap back into those who inspire you.

I'm both challenged and excited. My excitement is: I get a chance to give something back. My challenge is: The shortest seminar I usually do is 50 hours.

Nothing is as good as coming into the new year with zeal, hope and positive mind.

Without credible communication, and a lot of it, the hearts and minds of others are never captured.

Communication always makes demands. It always demands that the recipient become somebody, do something, believe something. It always appeals to motivation.

All human actions are an attempt to meet needs.

You cannot be president of the United States if people below $50,000 don't think you care about them and you have no real communication that motivates them to vote for you.

Remember that whatever anyone does, it is an effort to meet a need.

The Compassionate Classroom is a fabulous book! If teachers will read it, they can transform their classrooms.

Why we do what do matters. When we lose our why, we lose our way. We inevitably get lost when we don't know why we are doing what we are doing.

Sit me at the keyboard of any computer in the world with access to the Internet, and in just 24 hours I'll earn at least $24,000 in cash.

If a student takes a Stanford computer class and a Princeton business class, it shows they are motivated and have skills. We know it has helped employees get better jobs.