Quotes About Motivation

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.

I wrote out of sheer stubbornness and panic.

And it seems to me when people quit dreaming, sleeping and awake, when they can't even imagine wonderful and terrible things happening, then they're not going to make things happen. They're not really people anymore. They're just sort of like pets.

Go with your Strengths and Develop Your Passions to Discover your Purpose.

As natural as it may be to want to play on the winning team, the wish to secure divine favoritism strikes me as the worst possible reason to practice any religion. If the man who asked that question could not think of a dozen better reasons to be a Christian than that, then what, indeed, was he doing there?

The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.

I was well motivated. What I wanted to do was work for myself. I had twenty two jobs before I started my business at the age of twenty three and I didn't want one more boss telling me what to do. So I was motivated simply because I didn't want a boss.

The biggest challenge in business isn't your competition, it's what goes on inside your own head.

The more attention you pay to the behavior you want from students, the more it will happen.

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.

What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you know how to drive.

Beware the pull on your heartstrings -- it's often the pursestrings that are actually being reached for.

Is it enough for people to simply enjoy their work without finding it meaningful or being passionate about it? I think it is. In fact, I would prefer to completely rid the concept of meaningful work as the gold standard, and replace it with a new one: doing satisfying work that meet one's needs.

For I had observed that men did not usually do things unless they liked doing them.

porque yo había observado que los hombres no solían hacer cosas a menos que les gustara hacerlas.

Some people dream of SUCCESS while other wake up and work hard at it.

The two most important rules for any dream are: Start small. Start now. For Scanners, add two more:   Start everything and   Don't bother to finish any of it. (Just save it in your Daybook!)

Frustration is supposed to create action, not make you give up.

You'll never feel like exercising less than now when you need it most - but do it anyway.

You're obviously capable of achieving a lot, but ability can never take the place of desire. Don't be tempted to do something just because you can. That's what got you off course in the first place.

You can earn a living doing anything. (Whether or not you want to is another matter.) But it's not time to think about money yet. Finding what you love – by listening for those Happiness Levels inside you – needs all your attention. For now, pretend you're rich and don't need to earn any money at all. When your dream starts to show itself, you'll see just how many ways there are to do it, both for money and for love.

Regret can't hover for long in the company of determination.

What you're really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.