"Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections."

Alexander, Archibald on motivation   

"The inner thought coming from the heart represents the real motives and desires. These are the cause of action."

Holliwell, Raymond on motivation
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"It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them."

Holtz, Lou on motivation
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"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated."

Holtz, Lou on motivation
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"We talk on principal, but act on motivation."

Landor, Walter Savage on motivation
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"Am I motivated by what I really want out of life -- or am I mass-motivated?"

Nightingale, Earl on motivation   

"The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different."

Pitino, Rick on motivation
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"A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning."

Riley, Pat on motivation
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"There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning."

Riley, Pat on motivation
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"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."

Ryun, Jim on motivation
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"The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal."

Smith, Francie Larrieu on motivation
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"Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on motivation   

"Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you."

Gillies, Jerry on motivation
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"The mechanics of industry is easy. The real engine is the people : Their motivation and direction."

Gilbert, Ken on motivation
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"God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas."

Beecher, Henry Ward on motivation   

"There are two levers for moving men -- interest and fear."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on motivation
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"Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing."

Braiker, Harriet on motivation
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"Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner."

Brown, Les on motivation
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"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

Buscaglia, Leo on motivation
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"Nobody motivates today's workers. If it doesn't come from within, it doesn't come. Fun helps remove the barriers that allow people to motivate themselves."

Cain, Herman on motivation
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"Whatever touches the nerves of motive, whatever shifts man's moral position, is mightier than steam, or calorie, or lightening."

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel on motivation   

"Motivation is like food for the brain. You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular top up s."

Davies, Peter on motivation
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"We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it."

Drucker, Peter F. on motivation   

"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it."

Eisenhower, Dwight D. on motivation
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"Help people become more motivated by guiding them to the source of their own power."

Thomas, Paul G. on motivation
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