Motivation Quotes

When we seek reconciliation with our enemies, it is commonly out of a desire to better our own condition, a being harassed and tired out with a state of war, and a fear of some ill accident which we are willing to prevent.

Lead with action and let the feelings follow.

When your reasons to move forward outweigh your excuses for staying put, you will move forward.

The simple recognition that everyone else wants to be happy and not to suffer, just as I do, serves as a constant reminder against selfishness and partiality. It reminds us there is little to be gained from being kind and generous while hoping to win something in return. Actions motivated by a desire to earn a good name for ourselves are still selfish, even if they appear to be acts of kindness.

One of the greatest motivators is desire. If the desire is strong enough you will do whatever it takes to achieve. Just connect your actions with your true desires.

Winning leaders are almost always motivated when the chips are down.

When I am told I am too old to do something, I try to do it right away.

Fire the doubters out of your life.

As a general rule never take your whole fee in advance, nor any more than a small retainer. When fully paid beforehand, you are more than a common mortal if you can feel the same interest in the case, as if something was still in prospect for you, as well as for your client.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

If you want to accomplish something, you must first expect it of yourself.

Procrastination can be driven from your personality through the simple technique of constantly commanding yourself to get into action . . . and then obeying that command immediately.

Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.

No matter what your dream is, you can make that dream a reality, ... If you dream about being a millionaire, you can be that. All you have to do is study and be smart.

When goals go, meaning goes. When meaning goes, purpose goes. When purpose goes, life goes dead on our hands.

Those who are bent on revolutionizing society may be divided into those who seek something for themselves thereby and those who seek something for their children and grandchildren.

Passion creates energy and magnetically pulls co-workers and customers into a shared vision, and it is exceptionally strong when linked with a leader's values.

Work unto death! I am with you, and when I am gone, my spirit will work with you. This life comes and goes; wealth, fame, enjoyments are only of a few days. It is better, far better to die on the field of duty, preaching the truth, than to die like a worldly worm. Advance!

You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!

The way you motivate a football team is to eliminate the unmotivated ones.

Never settle for second when first is available

Defeat is simply a signal to press onward.

A man of talent will strive for money and reputation; but the spring that moves genius to the production of its works is not as easy to name

A sincere compliment is one of the most effective tools to teach and motivate others.

We often act treacherously more from weakness than from a fixed motive.

Then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.

If you intend to go to work there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work, you can not get along anywhere.

What you want will pull like a magnet. Here's the other part. What for? Purpose is stronger than object. It's the 'What for?' that's even more powerful than the object. And the more you can describe in detail to stir the emotion and the intellect and the spirit and the soul, then the more powerful the 'what for' is.

You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.

Always leave people with a solution; the heaven if you do versus the hell if you don't. If you're really skillful you can put the person into the future solution. Shoaff used to say, 'Jim, I can see you now in your new clothes, in your new home, in your new car. I can see others walking up to you.' The Promise of the Future is an Awesome Force!

The nature of our motivation determines the character of our work.

Keep calm and carry on.

The unwilling soldier will do anything to fight for a useless fabric piece of ribbon.

Past scholars studied to improve themselves; Today's scholars study to impress others.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

If you want to shine like sun, first you have to burn like it.

Keep your goals in front of you, and your fears behind you.

It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it.

Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.

Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward.

Lose the day loitering, 'twill be the same story To-morrow, and the next more dilatory, For indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! What you can do, or think you can, begin it! Only engage, and then the mind grows heated; Begin it, and the work will be completed.

In this country [England] it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, to encourage the others. The reference is to Admiral John Byng, who was executed in 1757 for failing to prevent the French from taking Minorca.

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

Encouragement is oxygen for the soul

Don't wait the time is never just right.

Never give up on your dreams.

We will all fail in life, but nobody has to be a failure. Failing at a thing doesn't make you a failure. You are only a failure when you quit trying.

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.

All that we do is done with an eye to something else.

Despair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men were born to succeed, not to fail.

I have tried 99 times and have failed, but on the 100th time came success.

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.

Action is hope. There is no hope without action.

There are two reasons why anybody buys anything. The real reason, and the reason they give you.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

The rallying call to people is to give them hope. When you have hope, that's huge.

Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success.

A successful outcome shows what hard work, perseverance and taking advantage of your opportunities will do for you.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Talent works for money and fame; the motive which moves genius to productivity is, on the other hand, less easy to determine.