Quotes About Motivation

Doing what you love isn't a priviledge; it's an obligation.

People who aren't interested in anything are people who can't stop protecting their enthusiasm.

Remember, goals are stars to steer by, not sticks with which to beat ourselves.

All underearners, without question, share one common trait: a high tolerance for low

I saw that six-figure women have two specific types of support that underearners seemed to lack—True Believers, people who recognize their potential and offer encouragement, and Way Showers, people who provide the map and serve as proof that success is possible.

our state of mind, more than anything "out there," determines our level of success.

Every time you act on your decisions, keeping your promise to yourself by honoring your intention, you build self-esteem. Stronger self-esteem only enhances your chances for success

Successful women don't sleep until noon.

Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.

You do not put off things because they threaten you, because you are afraid; It was a rule of life.

Arguments can always be found to turn desire into policy.

Vainglory, however, no matter how much medieval Christianity insisted it was a sin, is a motor of mankind, no more eradicable than sex.

Pessimism is a primary source of passivity,

Even his own speeches bored him.

Talent for oratory can simulate the need for action and even thought.

A great imperative imparts a wonderful impulse to the spirit.

Inspiration, on the other hand, is a call to creative action. We act because we want to, not because we have to.

A life without cause is a life without effect.

If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be.

Incentives matter. Pay and working conditions matter. This is another reason why economic freedom matters.

What makes humans special is our need to rationalize our actions.

Jones told them they wouldn't get to wear the new uniforms, wouldn't deserve to wear them, until they came in one morning playing faultlessly. In two months, he had them all considering serious life careers in music. Jones was that good.

There's a difference between what you'll do in your mind and what you'll actually do for real.

But clearly, the lesson is that incentives can be a dangerous weapon. A critic of this research might say that the problem is not incentives, but dumb incentives. No doubt, some incentives are dumber than others. But no incentives can ever be smart enough to substitute for people who do the right thing because it's the right thing.