Motivation Quotes

In all our actions, God considers the intention: whether we act for Him or for some other motive.

It's about having personality...it's not about being the bad guy, it's about entertaining people.

There will be those who will tell you that you can't make it because of how you look, because of the way you talk. We all have heard that - I almost listened.

Motivation comes from within each individual. It's a personal thing. It's pride, guts, desire, whatever you want to call it; some people have it in their bellies, and some don't.

Strong motivation is the most important factor in getting you to the top

Mycelium is Earth's natural Internet.

Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.

Stop doing what is easy. Start doing what is right.

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love.

The highly motivated people in society are the ones causing all the trouble. It's not the lazy unmotivated folks sitting in front of a TV eating potato chips who bother anyone.

The Holy Spirit's motivation is always the same thing -to charge the word with heaven's own electric power.

Goals are harmful unless they guide you to make specific behaviors easier to do. Don’t focus your motivation on doing Behavior X. Instead, focus on making Behavior X easier to do.

One thing that has made a big comeback just recently is this business of speaking with the dead. To my innocent mind, 'dead' implies incapable of communicating.

Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.

My motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something that I thought would have a significant impact on the world.

When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.

Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.

Be your own motivation.

When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'

May you have a strong foundation when the winds of change shift...and may you be forever young.

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.

The ones who are successful are the ones who really want it. You have to have that inner drive otherwise it's not going to work out.

Young people need to be inspired, told they can achieve anything they set their minds to.

The only thing in your control is effort. That's all, and that's everything.

A man who has committed a mistake and does not correct it is committing another mistake.

You must realize one thing. In every little village in the world there are great potential champions who only need motivation, development and good exercise evaluation.

Stay hungry, stay healthy, be a gentleman, believe strongly in yourself and go beyond limitations.

If we are striving, if we are working, if we are trying, to the best of our ability, to improve day by day, then we are in the line of our duty.

Giving people a hand up, not a handout, is the way forward.

Health cannot be bought at the supermarket. You have to invest in health. You have to get kids into schooling. You have to train health staff. You have to educate the population.

If you see someone taking responsibility, give that person authority. If you see someone looking for authority, watch out!

The great fights with your strongest rivals are always the biggest motivation. When you win easily it's not the same taste.

The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.

Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.

You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.

The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.

Very many people go through their whole lives having no real sense of what their talents may be, or if they have any to speak of.

If you don't like what you see, stop looking.

If you wish to find, you must search. Rarely does a good idea interrupt you

People are like sticks of dynamite. The power is on the inside, but nothing happens until the fuse gets lit.

That which holds our attention determines our action.

A positive attitude, can turn a storm into a sprinkle.

My experience from 20 years of Africa is that the seemingly impossible is possible.

Doesn't matter if the glass is half-empty or half-full. All that matters is that you are the one pouring the water.

A language is not just a body of vocabulary or a set of grammatical rules. ... Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind.

In Yellowstone National Park there are more ‘do not feed the animals’ signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

I use poetry to help me work through what I don’t understand, but I show up to each new poem with a backpack full of everywhere else that I’ve been.

The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.