Quotes About Motivation

Excelsior, you fatheads.

Por otra parte, ese fenómeno se ve reforzado por el deseo de la gente de mostrar a los demás o a sí mismos que son «gente de bien»; nuestro altruismo no es totalmente puro, sino que está motivado en parte por nuestro deseo de aparentar, de labrarnos una buena imagen social y personal.

An ethics of desire is good news for those of us who have become allergic to an ethics of law.

The fear of failure, of feeling helpless and unable to cope, had been built up in me ever since my childhood. I had to be a success. I had to prove my worth. I had to be right. This need to succeed and to be accepted, even admired by my parents and by those whom I considered my "superiors," was a strong motivating force in me and is a motivation at the heart of many human endeavours.

I believe absolutely in my own free will and my own power to accomplish - and that is the belief that moves mountains.

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.

later drafts of this novel and encouraging me

como «plática motivacional con crisis de identidad»

Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential.

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.

Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.

May your passion be the kernel of corn stuck between your molars, always reminding you there's something to tend to.

Most people, upon reaching the top, look down and enjoy the view. The smart money is on looking up and finding new mountains to climb.

My flag is raised high today. For others to see, sure. But more so to find which way my wind is blowing. Almost time to chart a course.

Life has no auto-settings. No batteries. You gots to wind it up!

The belief that something is wrong is the fire under the ass of humanity," is how I explain it to Sarah.

If something needs doing, there will come a time when I feel like doing it. If that time doesn't come, it doesn't get done and didn't need doing.

The belief that something is wrong is the fire under the ass of humanity

If you do not trust your people, you will not get their whole-hearted effort and you will not capitalize on the enormous creative potential of cohesive and motivated teamwork. It

Reading self-help advice from other people, however well-intentioned, is no substitute for getting your own damn work done. The

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

That blank sheet of paper stage is one of the hardest stages, and one of the reasons it's hard is because at that stage there's nobody counting on you but yourself ... it's really just you, and you can quit any time. Nobody is going to care.

Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business.

A study at Cornell University found that low-level noise both lowered job motivation and increased stress levels. It appears as well that an open-office type of environment can contribute to musculoskeletal problems such as a stiff back or tense neck and even heart disease due to increased levels of epinephrine, a stress hormone.