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

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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."

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

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

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"Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing."

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

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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."

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"The ultimate inspiration is the deadline."

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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."

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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."

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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."

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

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

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

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"No one does anything from a single motive."

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"I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being."

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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."

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

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"We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it."

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"Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable."

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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."

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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."

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

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"You don't have to do anything you don't want to do."

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

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