Quotes about motivation

"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   

"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   

"You cannot raise a man up by calling him down."

Boetcker, William on motivation
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"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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"The ultimate inspiration is the deadline."

Bushnell, Nolan 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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"If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else."

Carlyle, Thomas on motivation
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"There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it."

Carnegie, Dale 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   

"If I would be happy, I would be a bad ballplayer. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body."

Clemente, Roberto on motivation   

"What comes from the heart, goes to the heart."

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor on motivation
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"No one does anything from a single motive."

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor on motivation
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"I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being."

Confucius on motivation
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"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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"The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves."

Ditka, Mike 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   

"Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable."

Dunne, Finley Peter on motivation
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"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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"The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy."

Eisenhower, Dwight D. on motivation   

"If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on motivation
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"You don't have to do anything you don't want to do."

Fink, David Harold on motivation   

"One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire."

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

Gillies, Jerry on motivation
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"Instruction does much, but encouragement does everything."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on motivation
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"It is in human nature to relax, when not compelled by personal advantage or disadvantage."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von 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   

"A message prepared in the mind reaches a mind; a message prepared in a life reaches a life."

Gothard, Bill on motivation   

"A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own."

Green, Russel on motivation   

"Some of us are like wheelbarrows, only useful when pushed and easily upset."

Herbert, Jack on motivation
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"When the leader passes over all alike, not making a distinction, then the endeavors of those who are capable of exertion are entirely lost."

Hitopadesa 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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"Though a good motive cannot sanction a bad action, a bad motive will always vitiate a good action. In common and trivial matters we may act without motives, but in momentous ones the most careful deliberation is wisdom."

Jay, W. M. L. on motivation   

"When the administrator feels himself to be the sole driving agency, and finds himself chiefly engaged in arousing those who apathetic and coercing those who are antagonistic, there is something vitally wrong with the administration. An executive should find himself engaged chiefly in directing the energies which create themselves naturally in all parts of the business, and in finding the proper outlet for the eager upward striving of the ranks below."

Jones, E.E. on motivation   

"We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on motivation   

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