Quotes About Motivation

Certain of himself, confident of what he could make in his mind, going through life as if he had always a following wind.

People may say I developed an iron will, but what really happened is that I made myself much fitter. I think an iron will is always supported by fitness.

when you have something to do life will not allow you to move foward until you do it.

Martin Luther claimed that he "never did anything well until his wrath was excited, and then he could do anything well.

The power of inspiring others to service and sacrifice will mark God's leader.

The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will.

You are in charge of your own positive direction. (by J. Bert Freeman)

Even a liar's speech expresses something true; it may not tell us the state of the world, but it tells us the state of his heart.

Give me a stock clerk with a goal, and I will give you a man who will make history. Give me a man without a goal, and I will give you a stock clerk.

I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.

There's nothing better when something comes and hits you and you think 'YES'!

I don't think I am evangelical in my work.

Belief may be no more, in the end, than a source of energy, like a battery which one clips into an idea to make it run. As happens when one writes: believing whatever has to be believed in order to get the job done.

If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.

I also like to look at the dynamic that takes place between religion and science because, in a way, both are asking the same questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? The methodologies are diametrically opposed, but their motivation is the same the wellspring is the same in both cases.

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.

Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.

Holy ambition has always been surrounded by distortions.

Why Read? "Read to refill the wells of inspiration

A man always has two reasons for doing anything -- a good reason and the real reason.

A man always has two reasons for what he doesa good one, and the real one.

Conscience whispers, but interest screams aloud.

A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.