Idleness, indifference and irresponsibility are healthy responses to absurd work.

True motivation comes from achievement, personal development, job satisfaction, and recognition.

If you want someone to do a good job, give them a good job to do.

Frederick Herzberg, asserts that the powerful motivator in our lives isn't money; it's the opportunity to learn, grow in responsibilities, contribute to others, and be recognized for achievements.

It's the job of a manager not to light the fire of motivation, but to create an environment to let each person's personal spark of motivation blaze.

It is only when a person has his own generator that we can talk about motivation. He then needs no outside stimulation. He wants to do it.

A reward once given becomes a right.

You cannot love an employee into creativity, although you can ... avoid his dissatisfactions with the way you treat him.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much

That is the true challenge--to work within a narrow confine. To accept what you cannot have

Modesty died when false modesty was born.

If I get a new idea today—or any day—I won't run from it. I won't trash it. If it's something I really want to do—I'll do it.

A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation, and the greater his wealth the greater his danger.

It's tough to get out of bed to do roadwork at 5 am when you've been sleeping in silk pajamas

I look at things and try to imagine what is possible and then hope to surpass those boundaries.

I'll retire when they pry my cold, dead fingers off of my Bible.

If we are genuinely committed to promoting a culture of peace, as individuals we must look to our values and ensure that we all exhibit a peace loving life to our nation's children.

It is only through timidity that states are lost.