Motivation Quotes
46 quotations about Motivation
You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.
There are two levers for moving men -- interest and fear.
Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.
What comes from the heart, goes to the heart.
No one does anything from a single motive.
I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.
The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.
We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.
Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.
If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.
You don't have to do anything you don't want to do.
One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.
The mechanics of industry is easy. The real engine is the people : Their motivation and direction.
Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you.
Instruction does much, but encouragement does everything.
It is in human nature to relax, when not compelled by personal advantage or disadvantage.
Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.
A message prepared in the mind reaches a mind; a message prepared in a life reaches a life.
A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own.
Some of us are like wheelbarrows, only useful when pushed and easily upset.
Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
Authors on Motivation
William Boetcker
Napoleon Bonaparte
Harriet Braiker
Nolan Bushnell
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Confucius
Mike Ditka
Peter F. Drucker
Finley Peter Dunne
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ralph Waldo Emerson
David Harold Fink
John W. Foster
Ken Gilbert
Jerry Gillies
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Bill Gothard
Russel Green
Jack Herbert
Lou Holtz