Quotes About Motivation

I think I have a really good work ethic.

We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.

You can't be blocked if you just keep on writing words. Any words. People who get 'blocked' make the mistake of thinking they have to write good words.

It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.

Greed is good to most economists. It's greed that makes people work harder, be more productive and helps the economy grow.

[Good managers] know that people have 'good' sides and 'bad' sides and that the secret of good management is in magnifying the former and toning down the latter.

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.

The more I heard that I couldn't make it, the more I was determined to do it. I never liked being told that I'm not good enough to do this or that.

I know I'm a good professional, I know that no one's harder on me than myself and that's never going to change, under any circumstances.

There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

If we want to be better than normal we must move from good intentions to what I call God intentions.

I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing.

I personally cannot in good faith continue to contribute to a process [IPCC process] that I view as both being motivated by pre-conceived agendas and being scientifically unsound.

Different people have different reasons for racing, but one is simply the incentive to get out and run, increase mileage and feel good.

Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?

I'm no genius, but I'm a damn good football coach.

I haven't been in tennis for that long, but what I can say is that we have a lot of young guys at the top who are willing to do a lot of good things for tennis in general.

Ganguly is a very good leader. His return to the field brings a spring in the steps of the Indians. He is a great player.

I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play.

Without leadership ability,a person's impact is only a fraction of what it could be with good leadership.

If people know we expect good things from them, they will in most cases go to great lengths to live up to our expectations.

We're (also) looking for a good people person who is able to motivate others and get strong performances out of people.

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature

Acquiring and keeping good people is a leader's most important task.