Quotes About Motivation

There is power in the pressure of dissatisfaction, in the tension of temporary discomfort. This is the kind of pain you want in your life, the kind of pain that you immediately transform into positive new actions.

The most powerful and effective managers, coaches, parents, and motivators are those who can represent the circumstances of life to themselves and to others in a way that signals success to the nervous system in spite of seemingly hopeless external stimuli.

it's not actual pain that drives us, but our fear that something will lead to pain. And it's not actual pleasure that drives us, but our belief—our sense of certainty—that somehow taking a certain action will lead to pleasure.

His story wasn't "I'll never read," it was "I have dyslexia, so I have to work harder to make everything happen—and I will.

He taught me that everything we create in our lives starts with thought.

As the saying goes, if what you learn leads to knowledge, you become a fool; but if what you learn leads to action, you can become wealthy.

I don't worry about maintaining the quality of my life, because every day I work on improving it.

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't life controls you.

Let's start by admitting that human beings don't always act rationally.

Disappointment can drive us, or it can defeat us.

Although we'd like to believe it's our intellect that really drives us, in most cases our emotions—the sensations that we link to our thoughts—are what truly drive us.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

Belief #6: Work is play.

The key is to get lots of reasons, or better yet, strong enough reasons, why the change should take place immediately, not someday in the future. If you are not driven to make the change now, then you don't really have leverage.

WHAT YOU LINK PAIN TO AND WHAT YOU LINK PLEASURE TO SHAPES YOUR DESTINY

Mark Twain said, "The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.

Everything we do, we do for a reason.

The difference between those who fail to achieve their goals in life and those who succeed is the difference between those who cannot put themselves in a supportive state and those who can consistently put themselves in a state that supports them in their achievements.

The real joy in life comes from finding your true purpose and aligning it with what you do every single day.

I've found that 20 percent of any change is knowing how; but 80 percent is knowing why. If

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

I'm here to tell you that it's not important initially to know how you're going to create a result. What's important is to decide you will find a way, no matter what. In Unlimited Power, I outlined what I call "The Ultimate Success Formula," which is an elementary process for getting you where you want to go: 1) Decide what you want, 2) Take action, 3) Notice what's working or not, and 4) Change your approach until you achieve what you want.

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. —AYN RAND

Para mí, el éxito está en la continuidad del esfuerzo de quien aspira a más.