Quotes About Motivation

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money [not for purpose or passion]- has turned himself into a slave.

What is a god? A god is a personification of a motivating power of a value system that functions in human life and in the universe.

Clearly, mythology is no toy for children. Nor is it a matter of archaic, merely scholarly concern, of no moment to modern men of action. For its symbols (whether in the tangible form of images or in the abstract form of ideas) touch and release the deepest centers of motivation, moving literate and illiterate alike, moving mobs, moving civilizations.

Maslow's five values are the values for which people live when they have nothing to live for. Nothing has seized them, nothing has caught them, nothing has driven them spiritually mad and made them worth talking to.

What is a god? A god is a personification of a motivating power or a value system that functions in human life and in the universe—the powers of your own body and of nature.

Desire and fear: these are the two emotions by which all life in the world is governed.

Awe, you see, is what moves us forward.

The world is full of people who smirk on the sidelines. I'd much rather be a cheerleader.

It's only the beginning. Chase me if you like. Perhaps, if you remain interesting, I'll even let you catch me.

So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.

Passion points to purpose.

Up, lad: thews that lie and cumber Sunlit pallets never thrive; Morns abed and daylight slumber Were not meant for man alive.

When we consider a child's natural interest in things, we begin to realize the dangers of both reward and punishment. Rewards and punishment tend to pressure a child into interest. But true interest is the life force of the whole personality, and such interest is completely spontaneous.

Rappelez-vous que ce qu'on appelle une faible volonté est habituellement un signe de manque d'intérêt. La personne faible qui est facilement persuadée de jouer au tennis quand elle n'en a aucun désir est une personne qui n'a aucune idée de ce qui l'intéresse réellement. Un système disciplinaire encourage une telle personne à rester faible de volonté et futile. (p. 432)

I am all for teachers who can make their subjects interesting, who can make them live.

The severest self-denials and the most lavish gifts are of no value in God's esteem unless they are prompted by love.

C'est toujours l'imagination qui l'emporte sur la volonté, sans aucune exception. - It is always the imagination that wins over the will, without exception.

Every day, in every way. I'm getting better and better.

Ask yourself what makes you come alive....and go do that.

Don't let anybody pull you down, just remember, you're the best.

Remember you goal is gold. -Aaron Jhinkoo

In that moment, Dan was reminded why he wanted to write in the first place. It was the same reason anybody does anything -- to impress women. (Jeremy Goodwin, Sports Night)

I avoid writing until I can't avoid it anymore. Until writing comes knocking at my door like a friend I've neglected.

My muse, whatever it is, is leading me to write stories.