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Quotes About Motivation

The knowledge that every day there is something more to learn, something higher to reach for, something new to make for others, makes each day infinitely precious
~ Uta Hagen
I do not believe in the gifted. If [the students] have ganas, I can make them do it.
~ Jaime Escalante
Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us.
~ Plotinus
Knowledge is not enough to get desired results. You must have the more elusive ability to teach and to motivate. This defines a leader; if you can't teach and you can't motivate, you can't lead.
~ John Wooden
No man does anything from a single motive.
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
One who does not rouse themself when it is time to rise, who, though capable, is full of sloth, whose will and thought are weak, that lazy and idle person will never find their way to true knowledge.
~ Gautama Buddha
Tú sabes que el único motivo de arrepentimiento, no ya para un asesino, sino para cualquiera, es el fracaso.
~ Javier Marías
A veces las sensaciones hacen desistir, a veces dan ánimos para volverlo a intentar.
~ Javier Marías
Our desires seek out supporting reasons and tend to ignore facts and arguments that do not fit in with them.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru
A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru
As Schopenhauer says, 'a man can do what he will, but not will as he will.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru
Discontent is the spur of progress.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru
Winning or losing can be attributed to one of four factors: ability, effort
~ Jawanza Kunjufu
You can have superior skills, but if you don't show up to play emotionally, you'll lose! In most cases, underdogs win not by having superior skills, but by having a bigger heart, a stronger character, and a positive, unstoppable mindset.
~ Jay A. Block
Jim Cathcart, award-winning motivational speaker, said, "Most people aim at nothing in life and hit it with amazing accuracy.
~ Jay A. Block
famous peak performance coach, used a version of it to propel the Los Angeles Kings hockey team to a stunning
~ Jay Abraham
Basic to the New Testament concept of motivation is the task of becoming what you are. In a real sense we are not merely human beings, but also human becomings. The Christian life is not static; it is a life of change.
~ Jay E. Adams
While victories in the struggle are possible through Christ (vs. 25), they do not come easily or apart from daily battles involving just such self-sacrifice. All change is hard, and there must be powerful motivation to achieve it. Since change comes only gradually and through patient endurance, there must be hope.2
~ Jay E. Adams
The problem in counseling is to bring Christian counselees to full recognition of the glorious reality of the eternal inheritance. The present, as a result, will be strongly conditioned by the future. This great hope and assurance provides a foundational motivation to make the present approximate the reality of the future.
~ Jay E. Adams
El objetivo número tres, consistente en lograr que el público haga algo o deje de hacerlo
~ Jay Heinrichs
Este capítulo te ha ofrecido recursos básicos para determinar el resultado de una discusión: Establece tu objetivo personal. Establece tus objetivos para tu audiencia. ¿Quieres cambiar su estado de ánimo, su opinión o su disposición a realizar lo que tú desees?
~ Jay Heinrichs
Aristotle himself said that to get someone to take an action you need to build desire.
~ Jay Heinrichs
Tell each person that you want to know how he became so successful in his profession. It's the equivalent of placing a piece of chicken on a ramp.
~ Jay Heinrichs
Most people are glad to talk about their successes.
~ Jay Heinrichs