Quotes About Motivation

The principal art of the teacher is to awaken the joy in creation and knowledge.)

You create both healthy and unhealthy feelings when your goals and desires are blocked.

how it blocks them from reaching their goals

Evil requires no reason.

Again, simply declaring your goal won't help you attain your dream, but unless you declare it—unless you believe in it—you have no chance of attaining it.

This might sound extreme, perhaps even a little deranged, but I don't think you can make it to the very top rank in any sport if you don't have a similar aversion to losing—a visceral, physical loathing. I look for this trait in an athlete, although the hatred of losing has to be balanced by a certain degree of realism, an ability to step back just enough so that you can process your disappointing performance and learn from it.

I believe one would write better if the climate were bad. If there were a lot of wind and storms for example...

If you want to get men to act reasonably, you must set about persuading them in a maniacal manner.

Deja de pensar tonterías y actúa.

I should like a thoroughly bad climate," he answered. "I believe one would write better if the climate were bad. If there were a lot of wind and storms

Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons – that's philosophy.

Though the intellect remains unimpaired and though perception is enormously improved, the will suffers a profound change for the worse. The mescalin taker sees no reason for doing anything in particular and finds most of the causes for which, at ordinary times, he was prepared to act and suffer, profoundly uninteresting. He can't be bothered with them, for the good reason that he has better things to think about.

Until all teachers are geniuses and enthusiasts, nobody will learn anything, except what they teach themselves.

the man had meant well enough. Which only made it, in a way, much worse. Those who meant well behaved in the same way as those who meant badly.

in the absence of will power, the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless.

30. If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops & does nought. 31. If Power asks why, then is Power weakness.

And allow me again to assure you that when you've got yourself going, doing your True Will, you won't find you have any time to get bored.

Who hath the how is careless of the why

perche' un pretesto per tornare bisogna sempre seminarselo dietro, quando si parte.

This amused him much more than making piles of money. Teaching. He was a man made like that.

Don't worry about it. Just look ahead to the next question. You didn't get here by accident. You passed the test. You deserve to be here. These categories maybe don't line up with your areas of expertise. But you're bright. Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going.

Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going.

People trade for many reasons—some rational and many irrational. Trading offers an opportunity to make a lot of money in a hurry. Money symbolizes freedom to many people, even though they often don't know what to do with it.

it must be odd to have no ambition, not to want something more.