Quotes About Motivation

I have always despised the capitalist greed and imperialist hubris that have motivated it.

Nothing feels as good as building a team and empowering people, watching them grow and thrive.

Most of the advice was along the lines of, "If you persevere in your efforts you will surely succeed," which is bullshit, if you ask me. People who turn to stuff like this have probably already persevered and gotten nowhere.

The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.

The Good is one thing; the reward is something else. To will the Good for the sake of reward is not to will one thing but two. If a man loves a woman for the sake of her wealth, who will call him a lover? To will the Good for the sake of reward is hypocrisy – sheer duplicity!

Neither can one who wills the Good do so out of fear of punishment. In essence, this is the same thing as willing the Good for the sake of a reward.

Leading means running fast enough to keep ahead of your people

In the end, you write the book that grabs you by the throat and demands to be written.

Children get food shelter pocket money longholidays and love, all of it apparently free gratis, and most of the little fools think it's a sort of compensation for having been born. 'There are no strings on me!' They sang; but I, pinnoccio, saw the strings. Parents are impelled by the profit motive - nothing more, nothing less. For their attentions, they expected, from me, the immense dividend of greatness.

It seems there is no such thing as a purely good deed, a completely right action. Even this task, which i took on for the very best of reasons, involves making choices that are not that good, choices that might even be wrong.

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Parents are impelled by the profit motive - nothing more, nothing less. For their attentions, they expected, from me, the immense dividend of greatness.

Anything you want to be, you can be: You can be just what-all you want.

False encouragement is a kind of theft: it steals time, energy, and motivation a person could put toward some other purpose.

We might also wonder, in passing, which is more moral: helping people purely out of concern for their suffering, or helping them because you think the creator of the universe will reward you for it?

The urge for retribution depends upon our not seeing the underlying causes of human behavior.

I want to maximize my happiness, but I am generally not moved to do what I believe will make me happier than I now am.

It would seem that very few good things in life come from our accepting the present moment as it is. To become educated, we must be motivated to learn. To master a sport requires that we continually improve our performance and overcome our resistance to physical exertion. To

Play him, fine him, and play him again.

I can inspire people on how to use money, how to get economically powerful.

When I was much younger and still competing in gymnastics, I could rarely find inspiration outside of the sport.

I am confident of doing well because I am enjoying my sport again.

Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a sweat because you can't wait to beat another human's guts out?

Maybe one of the qualities of being a great coach is being [a jerk]. There are quite a few of them around.