Quotes About Motivation

He remembered his home now, and that gave him new determination to succeed. He was fighting for two camps now -- two families.

I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you MUST write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter won't let you go. It's not enough to write simply because you think it would be neat to be published. You have to be compelled to write. If you're not, nothing else that you do matters.

A general never shows despair. He instills confidence in his troops. He leads them forward, even into the mouth of death.

That's more like it. Let's turn this tide!

Get up seaweed brain

Anytime you take aim and prepare to fire your best shot, anytime you seek to put your emotions into a song, know that I am smiling on you.

She let the fear burn inside her like fuel, making her voice even stronger.

Cutting through the roar of the wind, the goddess Nike screamed from the stables: "YOU CAN DO BETTER, STORM! GIVE ME A HUNDRED AND TEN PERCENT!

GO! Remember!

God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.

Knowing your purpose motivates your life.

To discover you purpose in life you must turn to God's Word, not the world's wisdom. You must build your life on eternal truths, not pop psychology, success-motivation, or inspirational stories.

Most men lead lives of aimless distraction.

Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason. Without a purpose, life is trivial, petty, and pointless.

Knowing your purpose motivates your life. Purpose always produces passion. Nothing energizes like a clear purpose. On the other hand, passion dissipates when you lack a purpose. Just getting out of bed becomes a major chore. It is usually meaningless work, not overwork, that wears us down, saps our strength, and robs our joy.

Why you do what you do matters the most to God.

If you're alive, there's a purpose for your life.

Knowing your purpose gives your life meaning, simplicity, focus and motivation. It also prepares you for eternity.

Los líderes siguen adelante a pesar de sus propios temores.

Yes, sir, said Despereaux. He raised his voice. But...I broke the rules for good reasons. Because of music. And because of love.

That sounds really interesting. I'm working on A, B, and C right now. Which should I set aside in order to focus on this project?

Gracious, my girl. Are you going to mope about, or are you going to ease your uncle's and cousin's burdens?

I couldn't argue. For years, that was how I did my work at R.H. Macy's: If I understood better than you did yourself why you thought or did or wanted something, then I could control you.

but as any poet can testify, limits encourage both inspiration and decisiveness.