Famous Quotes About Motivation By Reference

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A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.

Pat Riley

Motivation
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Am I motivated by what I really want out of life -- or am I mass-motivated?

Earl Nightingale

Motivation
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Coffee's for closers

David Mamet

Motivation
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Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.

Finley Peter Dunne

Motivation
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Don't spur a willing horse.

Motivation
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Education is not the filling of the pail, but, the lighting of the fire.

William Butler Yeats

Motivation
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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.

Henry Ward Beecher

Motivation
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I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.

Tennessee Williams

Motivation
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I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn.

John Wesley

Motivation
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I usually need a can of beer to prime me.

Norman Mailer

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

Confucius

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.

Thomas Carlyle

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Motivation
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Instruction does much, but encouragement does everything.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Motivation
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It is in human nature to relax, when not compelled by personal advantage or disadvantage.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Motivation
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It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.

Motivation
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It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

Jean Paul

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.

Lou Holtz

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

Les Brown

Motivation
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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

Lou Holtz

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.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Motivation
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Next to excellence, comes the appreciation of it.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Motivation
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No one does anything from a single motive.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Motivation
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One of the reasons it has seemed so difficult for a person to change his habits, his personality, or his way of life, has been that heretofore nearly all efforts at change have been directed to the circumference of the self, so to speak, rather than to the center.

Maxwell Maltz

Motivation
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People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.

Zig Ziglar

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.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

Napoleon Bonaparte

Motivation
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There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.

Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues

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.

Dale Carnegie

Motivation
30

There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.

Pat Riley

Motivation
31

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.

Leo Buscaglia

Motivation
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Two purposes in human nature rule. Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain.

Alexander Pope

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

Peter Drucker

Motivation
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We must treasure the achievers of our land because it's they who raise the sights of all the others.

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

François de La Rochefoucauld

Motivation
36

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Motivation
37

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

Walter Savage Landor

Motivation
38

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

François de La Rochefoucauld

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

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Motivation
40

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baronet

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.

Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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.

Motivation
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Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Motivation
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You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.

Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues

Motivation

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A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.

Am I motivated by what I really want out of life -- or am I mass-motivated?

Coffee's for closers

Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.

Don't spur a willing horse.

Education is not the filling of the pail, but, the lighting of the fire.

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.

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.

I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn.

I usually need a can of beer to prime me.

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

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.

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

Instruction does much, but encouragement does everything.

It is in human nature to relax, when not compelled by personal advantage or disadvantage.

It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.

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

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

Next to excellence, comes the appreciation of it.

No one does anything from a single motive.

One of the reasons it has seemed so difficult for a person to change his habits, his personality, or his way of life, has been that heretofore nearly all efforts at change have been directed to the circumference of the self, so to speak, rather than to the center.

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.

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

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

There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.

There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.

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.

Two purposes in human nature rule. Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain.

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

We must treasure the achievers of our land because it's they who raise the sights of all the others.

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

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

What comes from the heart, goes to the heart.

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

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

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

Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.

You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.