Quotes About Motivation

that a highly developed purpose and the will to live are among the prime raw materials of human existence. I became convinced that these materials may well represent the most potent force within human reach.

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.

No other instinct can so satisfy without accomplishing its biological purpose, and no other instinct is so disconnected from its purpose.

In Japan, the highest-paid executive earns only fifteen times what the average worker does. Here, CEOs earn five hundred times more, but that's supposed to motivate the American worker. To do what, kidnap his boss?

Writer's block is only a failure of the ego.

The desire for success lubricates secret prostitution in the soul.

A hungry dog hunts best. A hungrier dog hunts even better.

If you are not getting as much from life as you want to, then examine the state of your enthusiasm.

There is a real magic in enthuiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person. Life will take on a new zest, deeper interest and greater meaning. You can think, talk and act yourself into dullness or into monotony or into unhappiness. By the same process you can build up inspiration, excitement and surging depth of joy.

Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture.

Whena person applies enthusiasm to his job, the job will itself become alive with exciting new possibilities.

The really happy people are those who have broken the chains of procrastination, those who find satisfaction in doing the job at hand. They're full of eagerness, zest, productivity. You can be, too.

There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Remember that "Help us grow this grass" is a far more effective sign than "Keep off the grass".

A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.

First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.

First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.

Belief Initiates and guides action— Or it does nothing.

The self must create Its own reasons for being. To shape God Shape self.

When vision fails Direction is lost. When direction is lost Purpose may be forgotten. When purpose is forgotten Emotion rules alone. When emotion rules alone, Destruction…destruction. F