Motivation Quotes

Intrinsic motivation is conducive to creativity; controlling extrinsic motivation is detrimental to creativity.

A lot of times I had some problems, but I always had the passion and the personal motivation to keep going, to keep working hard, keep fighting for the things that really motivates me. That's all.

It’s not just the adage ‘write what you know,’ it’s about gathering up all of the knowledge and experience you’ve collected up to now to help you dive into the things you don’t know.

We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same.

You can scream at me, call me for a shoot at midnight, keep me waiting for hours - as long as what ends up on the screen is perfect.

As a chemist, I wanted to ask myself the question frustrated by biology: What is the minimal unit of matter that can undergo Darwinian evolution?

It’s education that’s meant to take us into this future that we can’t grasp.

The mathematics of quantum mechanics very accurately describes how our universe works. And it tells us our reality is continually branching into different possibilities, just like a coral.

You have people telling you how good you are and all of a sudden, you might start believing it and forget what it takes to be good.

I had never even thought I'd be an actress - I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing. It's the same career.

No notes. You speak from deep in your heart. It's easy.

I knew it was all or nothing.

[A community chalkboard is] about knowing you're not alone. It's about understanding our neighbors in new and enlightening ways.

Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs or research.

It is satisfying following such an emphatic victory over the current unbeaten champion (Lucian Bute) to know that there's a lot of people eating humble pie.

Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.

We must not say that every mistake is a foolish one.

Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.

A person acting from a motivation of contribution and service rises to such a level of moral authority that worldly success is a natural result.

It's tens of millions of calculations just to design one connection between a piece of structural steel and another piece of structural steel.

There are opportunities around. It takes time and motivation to take them.

Failure gave me strength. Pain was my motivation

When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.

I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.

Know the great men of your age.

You are what you think about.

Those who turn good organizations into great organizations are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake.

By slowing down at the right moments, people find that they do everything better: They eat better; they make love better; they exercise better; they work better; they live better.

It doesnt matter who is playing or how old they are. I just worry about what I can control. It doesnt give me more or less motivation.

The desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human conduct; ... the best security for the fidelity of mankind is to make their interest coincide with their duty.

Forget if you are rich or poor. All you need is faith in yourself. If you have the passion to work then just get up and set forth and you will find the way!

The richer we are, the longer we live. And the longer we live, the more expensive it is to take care of our diseases as we get older.

Great masters merit emulation, not worship.

I sat down with my trainers to check my past seasons and to see what could be done to keep me motivated and in good shape. I had to find a new motivation, a new momentum.

Monetary rewards are not a substitute for intrinsic motivation.

I've always been driven to buck the system.

[With depression] you get a real sense of shame, because your friends go, 'Oh come on, show me the lump, show me the x-rays,' and of course you've got nothing to show.

I was concerned about them. I mean, it feels good but I was concerned about them.

I don't know if I'm the best Pound-For-Pound fighter ever. I know I'm close. I gotta be Top 5.

There's no way a fighter should fight and put his life on the line, and a promoter makes more money than he makes.

The Internet is showing us what it thinks we want to see, but not necessarily what we need to see.

Just as important, we need a new dedication to opening avenues for employee participation and motivation through profit-sharing and innovative programs of job enrichment.

Our minds are as different as our faces. We are all traveling to one destination: happiness, but few are going by the same road.

Trust your instincts, and take control.

I feel amazing. In my life right now, I have so much motivation. I am so hungry and so determined... I am young, I am healthy and I feel great - 42 is the new 32.

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up.

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them.

Peers can be the best teachers, because they're the ones that remember what it's like to not understand.

You ask my advice about acting? Speak clearly, don't bump into the furniture and if you must have motivation, think of your pay packet on Friday.