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Quotes About Motivation

Read -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My rating: The Strength In Us All by Sara Henderson 3.94 · rating details · 31 ratings · 1 review All the strength you need to achieve anything is within you. Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there...and light the bloody thing yourself!
~ Sara Henderson
I have noticed that teachers get exciting confused with boring a lot.
~ Sara Pennypacker
Do you think anyone in the history of this world ever set out to fight for the wrong side?
~ Sara Pennypacker
I don't believe in failure, because simply by saying you've failed, you've admitted you attempted. And anyone who attempts is not a failure. Those who truly fail in my eyes are the ones who never try at all. The ones who sit on the couch and whine and moan and wait for the world to change for them.
~ Sarah Dessen
Who says there has to be a point? He asked. Or a reason. Maybe it's just something you have to do.
~ Sarah Dessen
Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine.
~ Sarah Dessen
But I always worked harder when I was up against something, or when someone assumed I couldn't succeed. That's what drove me, all those nights studying. The fact that so many figured I couldn't do it.
~ Sarah Dessen
Get back on that bike.
~ Sarah Dessen
No creo en el fracaso porque al decir que hemos fracasado, ya estamos admitiendo que lo hemos intentado. Y todo el que lo intenta no fracasa. Los que fracasan, en mi opinión, son los que ni siquiera lo intentan. Los que se quedan sentados en el sofá y se quejan y gimotean y esperan que el mundo cambie para ellos.
~ Sarah Dessen
I wondered if it was really because he cared about me, or if now I was just another challenge.
~ Sarah Dessen
Maybe you could go backwards and forwards at the same time, but it wasn't easy. You had to want to.
~ Sarah Dessen
I don't know, I said. Maybe you're right, and all that stuff I think I missed is overrated. Why should I even bother? What's the point really? He thought for a moment. Who says there has to be a point? he asked. Or a reason. Maybe it's just something you have to do. He moved down to start bagging while I just stood there, letting this sink in. Just something you have to do. No excuse or rationale necessary. I kind of like that.
~ Sarah Dessen
She was dressing for the life she wanted, not the one she had.
~ Sarah Dessen The Moon And More
bribes are a big no-no unless you want a puppy who listens only when you're waving a big piece of chicken in your hand.
~ Sarah Hodgson
Successful people always have their next goal in mind.   Goals are dreams with deadlines.
~ Sarah Robbins
Whatever you do, don't quit. You can make it to the top of the hill!   The
~ Sarah Robbins
As a teacher, I pride myself on education, but I quickly realized you can't motivate people who are unwilling to do what it takes to succeed. They need to want it for themselves more than you want it for them.
~ Sarah Robbins
Whatever You're Dreaming, Dream Bigger
~ Sarah Robbins
The only thing stopping this address from turning into a slacker parable is the absence of the word "dude.
~ Sarah Vowell
People always do the right thing for the wrong reason.
~ Saul Alinsky
Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul!
~ Saul Bellow
Mislio je: Draže mi je prihvatiti kao motiv ne nešto što potpuno razumijem, nego ono što napola razumijem. Skrajnja jasno?a objašnjenja za mene je neiskrena.
~ Saul Bellow
Some writers, notably Anton Chekov, argue that all characters must be admirable, because once we've looked at anyone deeply enough and understood their motivation we must identify with them rather than judge them.
~ Scarlett Thomas
The surest way to identify those who won't succeed at weight loss is that they tend to say things like "My goal is to lose ten pounds." Weight targets often work in the short run. But if you need willpower to keep the weight off, you're doomed in the long run. The only way to succeed in the long run is by using a system that bypasses your need for willpower.
~ Scott Adams