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Quotes About Motivation

Courage can be just as infectious as fear.
~ Alice Miller
I don't like the feeling, but I've got to say that a little fear makes me a more focused, more responsible programmer.
~ Kent Beck
Procrastination is One of those Excuses, Born of Fear, that we Use to Keep Ourselves Stuck
~ Wayne Dyer
Fear is like the steam that fires the combustion engine. You need fear to get a performance going.
~ Rachel Weisz
If it weren't for fear, I wouldn't have to teach you a damn thing
~ Keith Johnstone
When accepting or preparing for a role, fear is the motivating factor.
~ Josh Brolin
I have a level of fear going into every project, and that's what keeps me going.
~ Gerard Butler
The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm.
~ John C. Maxwell
Fear drives you and makes you better.
~ Donna E. Shalala
By unlinking your money motivation from anger, fear, and the need to prove yourself, you can install new links for earning your money through purpose, contribution, and joy.
~ T. Harv Eker
Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Fear of failure is always a driver but the thirst for more is a good one too... So I think you need a little bit of both.
~ Ronda Rousey
Self belief will always push fear away, but you need to always practice self belief otherwise fear will come back and tap you on the shoulder.
~ Unknown
In other characters, it's driven by insecurity, or it's driven by fear, or - there's always a driver. And all the physical manifestations, you need your way in.
~ Meryl Streep
I have never been a killer. I'm not an aggressive personality and if I can remember any emotion I felt during a race it was fear. The greatest stimulator of my running was fear.
~ Herb Elliott
Make peace with the fear of defeat... Fear holds you back from putting forth your best performance.
~ Brian Stann
My doctor told me that I drastically needed to lose weight. Fear of death and dying motivated meto make many lifestyle changes that led me to eventually shed over 100 pounds.
~ Kelly Price
Fear is the greatest salesman.
~ Robert Klein
The greatest stimulator of my running career was fear.
~ Herb Elliott
When you rule in a culture of fear, you're not getting the best out of people.
~ Sherry Lansing
I just write when fear overtakes me.
~ Fran Lebowitz
Fear is better than apathy because fear makes us do something.
~ Emiliano Salinas
I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it.
~ Dean Koontz
It takes a lot of adrenaline and fear to make me actually write.
~ Maureen Dowd