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Quotes About Motivation

You wanted to believe that the sniper had a reason. That he wasn't just a broken guy who'd been abused by his uncle or whatever. Wanting to believe that there's a logic behind insanity.
~ Marcus Sakey
He thought of getting out of bed but did not get out of bed. Why? What for? Everyone else seemed to know. Like there had been a meeting no one had told him about, where a secret was shared. Those who knew the secret did not wonder why they should get out of bed. He
~ Marcus Sakey
Okay. Life isn't like the movies—you know, how the bad guys just want to be bad guys, villains. In real life, there aren't very many villains. Mostly, people believe they're doing the right thing. Even the ones who are doing bad things usually believe they're heroes, that whatever terrible thing they're doing is to prevent something worse. They're scared.
~ Marcus Sakey
something else
~ Marcus Sakey
He seemed the kind of guy who ran through his whole life heading for something more important.
~ Marcus Sakey
We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Genius is fostered by energy.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Cui bono? [To whose advantage?]
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Hunger is a powerful reorganizer of the conscience.
~ Margaret Atwood
A word after a word after a word is power.
~ Margaret Atwood
When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.
~ Margaret Chase Smith
One must desire something to be alive.
~ Margaret Deland
I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression.
~ Margaret Fuller
Things do not happen, we must make them happen
~ Margaret George
The strong look for more strength, the weak for excuses.
~ Margaret George
Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well.
~ Margaret J. Wheatley
Maybe selflessness was only selfishness on another level.
~ Margaret Landon
Introduced by Barbara Sher in Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want, it's like
~ Unknown
Now list six tasks that you currently face and create a Scenario Two for yourself:
~ Unknown
she had always struggled with being motivated to eat well, which in her case meant that she also struggled with her weight. Now, for the first time, she understood why it is essential to eat well. She finally felt motivated by a desire to achieve a high level of vibrancy, which in turn would allow her to establish a clear channel for her Divine source to guide her.
~ Unknown
The Government justifies keeping everyone else in poverty because people seem to work the hardest when they're right on the edge of survival.
~ Margaret Peterson Haddix
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.
~ Margaret Thatcher
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it
~ Margaret Thatcher