Quotes About Motivation

I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed . . . equally well.

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset you can possess, for it can take you further than money, power or influence.

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.

Act enthusiastic and you become enthusiastic.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

Second Place is just the first place loser.

Sport fosters many things that are good teamwork and leadership.

Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions.

We must not only do what is right. We must act for the right reasons. The modern term is good motive. The scriptures often signify this appropriate mental attitude with the words full purpose of heart or real intent. The scriptures make clear that God understands our motives and will judge our actions accordingly.

Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. The desires we act on determine our changing, our achieving, and our becoming.

Most people who spew hatred aren't very intelligent or motivated. They tend to be lazy, and if for some reason they are coaxed into picking up a pen, their messages are mostly incoherent and largely illiterate.

I know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude - we've proven that time and time again. People are more ready to fight and die for a word than for anything else. Words shape thought, stir feeling, and force action. They kill and revive, corrupt and cure.

Reverse your thinking. Positivity is psychologically rewarding.

Fake it 'til you make it.

People don't want to talk about death, just like they don't want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear.

Come on, A.J.

When people's well-being depends on hitting certain numbers, they get very interested in tilting the odds in their favor.

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it. - Ty Cobb

But it wasn't money they were going to keep," Brewer said. "We've now collected data on 150 participants. Animals need a reward to motivate them, but humans usually find motivation in just trying to succeed at a task. That's a big difference between rats and humans.

My competitive instincts flaring, I started shouting to get myself pumped up between the twenty-item sequences. Laugh if you like, but I actually began imitating the voice of a preacher. "Reach up to touch heaven! Reach now, brother Daniel!" And when I finally did reach and remain at 3-back for a couple sequences in a row—then was promoted to 4-back a single time—I sang out, "I have been to the mountaintop!" But progress was in fits and starts.

Asking questions will get you the performance you are after far more than dictating demands.