Quotes About Motivation

Inspiration is what keeps us well.

The turning point was when I hit my 30th birthday. I thought, if really want to write, it's time to start. I picked up the book How to Write a Novel in 90 Days. The author said to just write three pages a day, and I figured, I can do this. I never got past Page 3 of that book.

Wringin' your hands only stops you from rollin' up your sleeves.

I don't believe in princerple,But oh I du in interest.

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process of education.

If you can write each day, do it, and meet a quota. Minimum 350 words a day. A baboon can do 350 words a day. Don't be shown up by a baboon

You keep writing because it's the only way to finish the book.

Drive thy business or it will drive thee." – Benjamin Franklin

Don't sleep through your dreams.

The basic idea here is that for most people will power is a limited resource: if we spend lots of energy controlling our impulses in one area, it becomes harder to control our impulses in others. Or, as the psychologist Roy Baumeister puts it, will power is like a muscle: overuse temporarily exhausts it.

If you let conditions stop you from working, they'll always stop you.

I came home from work one day and felt compelled to write a book about free will.

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

Probably the most honest "self-made man" ever was the one we heard say: "I got to the top the hard way — fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way."

Let's think about this, shall we? Without goals, we aren't motivated, are we? Without goals, we're not financially prosperous! Without goals, we can't achieve what Christ wants for us as Christians and members of the community!" Harriet, he noticed with a bit of a start, was glaring at him rather aggressively.

keep purifying your motivations so that they're completely about love and service to elevate the energy and experiences even further.

Early on, Abraham revealed a keystone attribute essential to success in any field—the motivation and willpower to develop every talent he possessed to the fullest.

What is the difference between power, title, and leadership? Is leadership possible without a purpose larger than personal ambition?

According to his habit, Theodore Roosevelt sought to harness anxiety through action.

From his early twenties, Lyndon Johnson had operated upon the premise that if "he could get up earlier and meet more people and stay up later than anybody else," victory would be his.

power without purpose and without vision was not the same thing as leadership.

The books, and your capacity for understanding them, are just the same in all places…. Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing.