Quotes About Motivation

But they were humans—who knows why they did anything?

I don't need rest, I'm fueled by spite.

remembered the main reason I was doing this was to

Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure.

If you could not picture what people endured, how could you figure out what drove them to crime?

At the lowest level of explanation, therefore, people are said to perform a behavior because they intend to do so, they have the requisite skills and abilities, and there are no environmental constraints to prevent them from carrying out their intentions (i.e., they have favorable intentions and actual behavioral control).

Now I'm a pretty lazy person and am prepared to work quite hard in order to avoid work.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled" Barack Obama, US President

In a surprising 2008 study, researchers at the University of Bath, UK, found that the fear of failure drives consumers far more than the promise of success; the latter oddly tends to paralyze us, while the former spurs us on (and pries open our wallets). In fact, as the study found, the most powerful persuader of all was giving consumers a glimpse of some future "feared self."24

Desire is always linked to a story, and to a gap that needs to be filled: a yearning that intrudes, agitates and motivates human behavior both consciously and unconsciously.

How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'!

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. No merchant or tradesman would set himself to work if he did not hope to reap benefit thereby.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

I've seen many, many movies over the years, and there are only a few that suddenly inspire you so much that you want to continue to make films.

When a lie is not for yourself it's easier to say it.

vous avez juste besoin d'une personne qui croie an vous pour réussir et ses vous

your mind, not in your hand. It should get you out from the covers and into your projects as fast as possible. And it should reveal its deeper wisdom reading

What all good teachers have in common, however, is that they set high standards for their students and do not settle for anything less.

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fall.

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.

The hypothalamus is one of the most important parts of the brain, involved in many kinds of motivation, among other functions. The hypothalamus controls the "Four F's": fighting, fleeing, feeding, and mating.

The difference between try and triumph is a little umph.

Begin each day as if it were on purpose.