Quotes About Motivation

She had always worked as hard as she could, at everything she did, and she simply did not understand how anybody could do otherwise. How could they sit there, as they did, and stare into the space in front of their desks when they could be adding up figures or checking the drivers' returns?

A kind word, a word of encouragement or admiration, could shift the heaviest, most recalcitrant baggage.

There are plenty of people who might prefer to go sideways. What about them? How are we to inspire them?

Mothers need to be ambitious for their children otherwise. . .well, nobody would ever learn the piano.

And if things always stayed the same, Scarlett, what would be the reason for bothering to draw breath?

There are no consequences for poor work ethic and no rewards for good work ethic.

Sleeping on a plank has one advantage - it encourages early rising.

So when someone would love to see you fail, forgive them, and draw upon that motivation to succeed.

We expert teachers know that motivation and emotional impact are what matter.

So what does a good teacher do? Create tension - but just the right amount.

If there is any difference between you and me, it may simply be that I get up every day and have a chance to do what I love to do, every day.

The successful people are the ones that can think up stuff for the rest of the world to keep busy at.

The important thing is to capture your energy, enthusiasm, and drive. You know what I mean.

Discipline without direction is drudgery.

The job of a football coach is to make men do what they don't want to do in order to achieve what they've always wanted to be."[5]

WHEN IT COMES TO SPIRITUALITY, YOU DO WHAT' YOU DO BECAUSE you believe what you believe. Regardless of the importance you consciously place upon it, theology drives and determines your spirituality.

I maintain that people—truly born-again, genuinely Christian people—often do not pray simply because they do not feel like it. And the reason they don't feel like praying is that when they do pray, they tend to say the same old things about the same old things.

Why don't you knock it off with those negative waves...

James MacGregor Burns wrote that "the Leader's fundamental act is to induce people to be aware or conscious of what they feel – to feel their true needs so strongly, to define their values so meaningfully, that they can be moved to purposeful action.

The only way you can motivate people is to communicate with them." Effective communication also shapes values for people by "not only bringing company philosophy to life . . . ," as Peters and Austin put it, but also "helps newcomers understand how shared values affect individual performance.

With out passion you dont have energy, with out energy you have nothing.

Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.

I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it.

It's always good to be underestimated.