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Quotes About Motivation

Success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.
~ Stephen Leacock
Most people aren't really happy, but they aren't unhappy enough to do anything about it. That's a dangerous place to be.
~ Tony Robbins
A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could
~ Zig Ziglar
I don't know where my ideas come from. I will admit, however, that one key ingredient is caffeine. I get a couple cups of coffee into me and weird things just start to happen.
~ Gary Larson
Aim higher in case you fall short.
~ Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire
Work. Don't Think. Relax.
~ Ray Bradbury
I would recommend you watch the movie 'Jobs' starring Ashton Kutcher, if you don't have time to read Jobs's biography.
~ Gene Simmons
I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.
~ H. L. Mencken
Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.
~ Leonardo da Vinci
To withdraw myself from myself has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all.
~ Lord Byron
I absolutely believe that people, unless coached, never reach their maximum potential.
~ Robert Nardelli
Inspiration is being motivated by a person or idea. Motivation is being inspired by an object. When people are inspired, they don't need motivation.
~ Thomas Leonard
Before you can make a difference, you have to believe you can.
~ Anne Sweeney
And here's what management is: motivating people and putting them in places where they can succeed.
~ Donny Deutsch
The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.
~ Warren G. Bennis
I don't need time, I need a deadline.
~ Duke Ellington
History has repeatedly been changed by people who had the desire and the ability to transfer their convictions and emotions to their listeners.
~ Dale Carnegie
Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.
~ Elon Musk
Every child should have an occasional pat on the back as long as it is applied low enough and hard enough.
~ Fulton J. Sheen
If you want to upgrade your circle of influence, it begins with upgrading yourself.
~ Hal Elrod
In every moment there is a reason to carry on.
~ Kenny Loggins
I believe people have to follow their dreams-I did.
~ Larry Ellison
I like things that are educational and educational. I like things that are inspirational.
~ Marco Pierre White
A person of intellect without energy added to it, is a failure.
~ Nicolas Chamfort