Quotes About Motivation

If food were free, why work?

The march of history is that of the human race obeying the mantra of the motivational triad—attempting to attain more pleasure, for less pain, with ever-greater efficiency.

How soon "not now" becomes "never".

Wie bald 'nicht jetz' 'nie' wird. How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.

In an organization where promotion is the sole measure of success, most people are oriented to the job to which they hope to move next. Naturally, they want to be promoted in order to prove their value, so their performance on the present job is geared exclusively to those things which will get them out of it! This,

It may be argued that intellectual achievement, as measured by consistently high grades in all subjects, is evidence of motivation and willingness to work. Perhaps it is—in the academic setting—but it is also evidence of willingness to conform to the quite arbitrary demands of the educational system. There

The manner in which marketing addresses women tells us a great deal about what women are actually motivated by when they think men aren't watching. Consider the endless numbers of advertising campaigns and pieces in women's magazines dedicated to motifs like 'Make him drool'.

ressentiment is at its heart a yearning for revenge motivated by a desire to "anaesthetize pain through emotion

We Ignore the Complexity of Human Motivations

Read the kind of stuff you wish you could write.

Your deep interests should always have a dog-eared place on your nightstand.

Unbelief squashes; faith teaches. Faith takes a boy aside, and tells him that this part of what he did was good, while that other part of what he did got in the way. "And this is how to do it better next time.

Read because you want to, not because you need to. Actually, you need to as well, but you need to want to. You also need to want to need to, but I am rapidly getting out of my depth.

How can you persuade a man whose livelihood depends upon him remaining unpersuaded?

Fear of failure has always been my best motivator.

Even if jobless we should never be effortless!

You can not achieve anything if you just sit and complain.Try your best with everything you have.

Surround yourself with people who are positive and who guard against negative talk.

Stop shoulding on yourself

Man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction.

The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences.

Puede haber una gran disparidad entre lo que decimos que queremos y lo que realmente hacemos para lograr eso que queremos.

The difference between winners and losers is that winners do things losers don't want to do.

We usually need to have pain, trial or challenge to be motivated to learn or change. Learning in the midst of ease and prosperity comes from the pure inner soul's inspired desire for improvement.