Quotes About Motivation

Specialness as a primary mode of death transcendence takes a number of other maladaptive forms. The drive for power is not uncommonly motivated by this dynamic. One's own fear and sense of limitation is avoided by enlarging oneself and one's sphere of control. There is some evidence, for example, that those who enter the death-related professions (soldiers, doctors, priests, and morticians) may in part be motivated by a need to obtain control over death anxiety.

Wrong faith. Wrong purpose. You can't light a fire on logs soaked with urine.

I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.

Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.

The worst thing that you can do for yourself is to sit back and do nothing. You're stronger than you realize.

In Buddhism we would say that you are lazy... Despising yourself, thinking you are no good, saying 'I can't do this.' This is the mind of weakness. You must work to overcome it .

Sometimes we need to be reminded what we're capable of.

And we can achieve so much more when we are positive. Confident.

we are free to go out in search of fulfillment, but fear makes us look for all kinds of reasons not to.

From our perspective the only way to enjoy a state of permanent happiness and avoid all suffering is to achieve enlightenment. This is why bodhichitta is considered to be the most altruistic of motivations. We wish to achieve enlightenment not only for ourselves but to help every other living being achieve the same state.

lack of self-confidence was considered, in Buddhism, to be a form of laziness, a weak mind that had to be overcome.

Generally speaking, motivation always comes first,

In Buddhism"—the lama tilted his head back challengingly—"we would say that you are lazy." Sam's reaction was the opposite of his usual. Color drained from his face. "Despising yourself, thinking you are no good, saying 'I can't do this.' This is the mind of weakness. You must work to overcome it.

lack of self-confidence was considered, in Buddhism, to be a form of laziness,

Everything begins with intention,

Surviving is one thing," he said quietly, his voice suddenly calmer, "but you've got to have a reason to do it. There's no point in living if you don't have anything worth living for.

Live each day as if it's your last', that was the conventional advice, but really, who had the energy for that?

I don't think I'm going to do any good work this morning.

Set exorbitant standards, and give your people hell when they don't live up to them. There is nothing so demoralizing as a boss who tolerates second rate work.

Pay peanuts and you get monkeys.

Leo Burnett said it better, 'When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.

Pay peanuts, says Jimmy Goldsmith, and you get monkeys. I

Get rid of sad dogs who spread gloom.

Where people aren't having any fun, they seldom produce good work.