Motivation Quotes

46 quotations about Motivation

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

I usually need a can of beer to prime me.

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

I've always felt it was not up to anyone else to make me give my best.

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

Don't spur a willing horse.

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

You are what you think. You are what you go for. You are what you do!

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

A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.

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

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Why did I want to win? because I didn't want to lose!

The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal.

Next to excellence, comes the appreciation of it.

Help people become more motivated by guiding them to the source of their own power.

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

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

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

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

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