Quotes About Motivation

Why do you rob banks, Willie?) Because that's where the money is.

Victor Hugo, author of Les Misérables, forced himself to write by disrobing and giving his clothing to his valet with strict instructions that it not be returned until he had written the allotted pages.

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.

God help those who do not help themselves.

The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.

Temperamentally anxious people can have a hard time staying motivated, period, because their intense focus on their worries distracts them from their goals.

Neither E=mc [squared] nor Paradise Lost was dashed off by a party animal.

Sucede así, afirma, porque la «eficacia mental» absoluta surge de la combinación de diversas facultades, la más importante de las cuales no es la atención, sino «la intensidad del deseo y la pasión».

The most dramatic example is addiction, in which the motivation to get high restricts attention to the point that the drug seems like the most important thing in the world.

No let another man success make you think say you know they try...

As long as he can keep us from God's way and frustrate us in fulfilling God's purpose, Satan will even motivate us to do things for God. This was how he worked in Cain.

Don't care what they say, you reach for the stars.

You ain't gonna stop trying to get where you going until you reach it.

I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood.

I should like to know for what reason idleness is so popular with many young people that it is impossible to dissuade them from it either by words or by chastisements.

Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

It's like those Christians that say that if there wasn't a God they'd be out there robbing, raping, and murdering folks. If that's true, and the only reason they aren't out committing crimes is because they're afraid to go to hell, then they aren't really good people.

I never write when I'm drunk. Why should one need aids? The Muse is a high-spirited girl who doesn't like to be brutally or coarsely wooed. And she doesn't like slavish devotion then she lies.

Any time you see someone more successful than you are ... they are doing something you aren't.

There is a deep—and usually frustrated—desire in the heart of everyone to act with benevolence rather than selfishness, and one fine instance of generosity can inspire dozens more.

Misleaders are slow to work hard but quick to act on greed. They convince their men that dishonest behavior leads to great wealth.

Hot coffee is like a warm-blooded man. They both give you the courage to face a new day.

Writing can be a source of strength -Wang Liang