Quotes About Motivation

The book you don't read can't help you; the seminar you won't attend can't change your life. The business gets better when you get better. Never wish it were easier, wish you were better.

See the big picture. Your place on the team makes sense only in the context of the big picture. If your only motivation for finding your niche is personal gain, your poor motives may prevent you from discovering what you desire.

Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could." —STEVE JOBS

Thinking divorced from actions cannot be productive.

Leadership is getting people to work for you when they are not obligated." —Fred W. Smith

Si estás trabajando en algo emocionante que realmente te importa, nadie tiene que empujarte. La visión te jala. —STEVE JOBS

Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself. It's about advancing your team. The

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." That may be true. But it's also true that you can feed a horse salt and make him thirsty.

I got to the top the hard way—fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way.

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. That is the Law of Consistency.

you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.

Believe in the value of others. Carlisle said, "A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats the little man." The value you place on people determines whether you are a motivator or a manipulator of men.

The road to the next level is always uphill, and if a team isn't intentionally fighting to move up, then it inevitably slides down.

Most people want to hear or tell a good story. But they don't realize they can and should be the good story. That requires intentional living.

You just need to be positive, believe in yourself, and focus on others.

You cannot rely on your feelings. You can act your way into feeling long before you can feel your way into action.

A purpose will motivate you. A purpose will keep your priorities straight. A purpose will develop your potential. A purpose will give you power to live in the present. A purpose will help you evaluate your progress.

Winning teams have players who make things happen.

You will never achieve a dream or vision unless you own it. Furthermore, as a leader, you will not be able to get others to buy into a vision that you do not own.

Every time we choose action over ease we develop an increasing level of self-worth, self-respect, and self-confidence.

I state in my book Put Your Dream to the Test that the more valid reasons a person has to achieve their dream, the higher the odds are that they will. Valid reasons also increase the odds that a person will follow through with personal growth.

More than anything else, what keeps a person going in the midst of adversity is having a sense of purpose. It is the fuel that powers persistence.

The best way to help people is to see the best in them. The 101% principle: Look for the 1 thing I admire in them and give them 100% encouragement for it.

You can't take the team to the next level when you haven't mastered the skills it takes to succeed on a personal level.