Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. Votes: 4
Dwight D. EisenhowerMotivation fuels the attitude that builds the Confidence necessary to sustain the Persistence. Votes: 3
Zig ZiglarMotivation is not something I struggle with. I love playing football, I love being in training. Votes: 3
Lionel MessiMotion Before Motivation: It means you get started FIRST, then FEEL the Inspiration to keep going. Votes: 3
Mike DMotivation is like nutrition. It must be taken daily and in healthy doses to keep it going Votes: 3
Norman Vincent PealeMotivation needs to be a part of your own life for you to be effective in conveying it to others. Votes: 3
Zig ZiglarStrength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Votes: 2
Mahatma GandhiThe only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. Votes: 2
Ralph Waldo EmersonSuccess is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Votes: 2
Winston ChurchillIn order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. Votes: 2
Bill CosbyI'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger. Votes: 2
Tim TebowDon't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was. Votes: 2
Richard L. EvansA creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. Votes: 2
Ayn RandThe two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. Votes: 2
Mark TwainIn the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything. Votes: 0
William J. ClintonCompanies, however unintentionally, choke the motivation out of their employees. Votes: 0
Dan ArielyChrist furnished the spirit and motivation while Gandhi furnished the method. Votes: 0
Martin Luther King, Jr.A personal injustice is stronger motivation than any instinct for philanthropy. Votes: 0
John IrvingEnthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity. Votes: 0
Bo BennettEnthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity. Votes: 0
Robert Foster BennettThe momentum of continuous action fuels motivation, while procrastination kills motivation. Votes: 0
Steve PavlinaTrue motivation comes from achievement, personal development, job satisfaction, and recognition. Votes: 0
Frederick HerzbergWe expert teachers know that motivation and emotional impact are what matter. Votes: 0
Donald NormanWe expert teachers know that motivation and emotional impact are what matter. Votes: 0
Donald A. NormanThe most important thing in changing human behavior is the person's motivation. Votes: 0
Milton H. EricksonPraising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance. Votes: 0
Carol S. DweckEvery time somebody calls me out or tries to start something, it's motivation. Votes: 0
Ryan ShecklerEverybody kind of perceives me as being angry. It's not anger, it's motivation. Votes: 0
Roger ClemensNothing can replace courage, a resounding motivation and that little bit of luck. Votes: 0
Edmund HillaryYou shouldn't have a profit motivation to fill prison cells with young Americans. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonSports can do so much. It's given me confidence, self-esteem, discipline, and motivation. Votes: 0
Mia HammCourage is fueled by the motivation to take the first step into the unknown. Votes: 0
Cheryl NielsenAs far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses. Votes: 0
Daniel RadcliffeMy motivation has always been health - eating healthy and taking care of myself. Votes: 0
Gabrielle ReeceSolitude gives you the ideas and the motivation to make you want to collaborate. Votes: 0
Nitin SawhneyThe reason or motivation you have for making money or creating success is vital. Votes: 0
T. Harv EkerHaving a long term goal provides a catalyst for motivation at every waking moment. Votes: 0
Peter J. DanielsThere are different kinds of motivation, and the kind matters more than the amount. Votes: 0
Alfie KohnWe all face adversity and tragedy and need inspiration and motivation to Keep Rolling. Votes: 0
Steve GleasonI wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration. Votes: 0
Orson Scott CardA feeling of continuous growth is a wonderful source of motivation and self confidence. Votes: 0
Brian TracyAnger and hate dig holes. Love and kindness move mountains. Choose your motivation wisely. Votes: 0
Zero DeanEvery human action, whether it has become positive or negative, must depend on motivation. Votes: 0
Dalai LamaThe past is your LESSON. The present is your GIFT. The future is your MOTIVATION. Votes: 0
Zig ZiglarThe most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal. Votes: 0
Francie Larrieu SmithThatcher was the motivation for my entire political career. I hated everything she stood for. Votes: 0
Nicola SturgeonCompared to 10 years ago the primary motivation for defection has gone from food, to freedom. Votes: 0
Kim Jong-unDiscipline will only teach the techniques - a great teacher gives discipline, motivation and love Votes: 0
Maury MasslerA theory of motivation is defective if it renders intelligible behaviour which is not intelligible. Votes: 0
Thomas NagelWe always need a motivation, in order for us to meet our full potential at work. Votes: 0
Jayson EngayThe motivation sometimes comes when you least expect it. I try to keep an open mind. Votes: 0
DJ QuikDon't give up just because of what someone said. Use it as motivation to push harder. Votes: 0
Zig ZiglarThe motivation comes from the embarrassment of having lost and the way it sits with you. Votes: 0
Ben MorganMy motivation comes from a desire to make a difference in the quality of people's lives. Votes: 0
Marie ForleoOn your way to the top, you always get some chriticism. Criticism is a great motivation. Votes: 0
Wladimir KlitschkoTalent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key. Votes: 0
Lily ColeDo not fear lack of knowledge, talent or skill. Seek motivation and the others will come. Votes: 0
Randall Dale AdamsIt was all about wanting to get revenge. Pathetic, really, but it still is the motivation. Votes: 0
Julian ClaryI think it's a meritorious action to become a monk, provided that your motivation is pure. Votes: 0
Tenzin PalmoThe more motivation, the more passion you have behind it... There's nothing that can stop you. Votes: 0
Jake EllenbergerI don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art. Votes: 0
Jeff KoonsOnce a need is satisfied, it is no longer a motivator. Satisfaction does not increase motivation Votes: 0
Zig ZiglarI'd rather have preparation than motivation. Everyone likes to play, but no one likes to practice. Votes: 0
Bum PhillipsHe without inspiration and motivation exists no more in a world full of innovations and inventions! Votes: 0
Darnaya DariceLife is simplified when there is one center; one reason, one motivation, one direction and purpose. Votes: 0
Jean FlemingDesire is the key to motivation, but determination, commitment, and actions are the keys to success. Votes: 0
Debasish MridhaThe poor need the motivation, the incentives, the skills, the education so they can help themselves. Votes: 0
John M. PerkinsI just can't get excited about money as a motivation in a film. It leaves me cold. Votes: 0
Simon BeaufoyIt is not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive. Votes: 0
Louise BourgeoisListen to how everyone is talking about you. You have to use it as fuel for motivation. Votes: 0
Kobe BryantI mean if politics was my main motivation I would be doing politics. But I'm a filmmaker. Votes: 0
Michael MoorePoverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money. Votes: 0
Barbara EhrenreichMy main motivation is not to get bored. I'm just hoping I get a vaguely maverick reputation. Votes: 0
Vikram SethAn employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager. Votes: 0
Bob NelsonI was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is. Votes: 0
Liev SchreiberA true champion knows how to overcome doubts and manage those doubts and turn them into motivation. Votes: 0
Misty HymanThe major motivation theories by which most men live can lead them only to depression and cynicism. Votes: 0
Abraham MaslowListen to the magic word of motivation and you will hear it. Then the sky is the limit. Votes: 0
Norman Vincent PealeOnce your motivation is killed, it's kind of hard to revive it and bring it back to life. Votes: 0
GinuwineI believe that if your primary motivation in life is to be moral, you don't become an artist. Votes: 0
Mary GordonBe honest with yourself, and you will find the motivation to do what you advise others to do. Votes: 0
Vince PoscenteExercise plays a huge role in keeping me sane, and that's my primary motivation to 'find time.' Votes: 0
Jessica ScorpioI don't think I could stay interested for a couple of months in a character of mean motivation. Votes: 0
Gregory PeckUntil Christ is our treasure, any other motivation we have to suffer for him is a fool's errand. Votes: 0
Matt ChandlerOne must know how to disregard the vehicle of the idea in order to consider its motivation alone. Votes: 0
R. A. Schwaller de LubiczSo when someone would love to see you fail, forgive them, and draw upon that motivation to succeed. Votes: 0
Donald L. HicksThe actualising of God through the medium of the love song remains my prime motivation as an artist. Votes: 0
Nick CaveIf you make it a game, gamers will play it no matter what your motivation is in making it. Votes: 0
Jane McGonigalAfter the failure in '92, my goal was to be a good pole vaulter. I used that as motivation. Votes: 0
Dan O'BrienI find motivation anytime I need it, no matter how bad I’m hurting I can push through anything Votes: 0
Carlos ConditMy real motivation is to reach 3:25... I am still young; I have a lot of time left in my career. Votes: 0
Noureddine MorceliSie müssen eine Vision haben und sie durchsetzen - mit Motivation und Überredungskunst.
Ebeling, FriedrichAbility is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. Votes: 2 Lou Holtz
Everybody kind of perceives me as being angry. It's not anger, it's motivation. Votes: 1 Roger Clemens
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. Votes: 1 Pat Riley
Our subliminal mental processes operate outside awareness because they arise in these portions of our mind that are inaccessible to our conscious self; their inaccessibility is due to the architecture of the brain rather than because they have been subject to Freudian motivational forces like repression. Votes: 1 Leonard Mlodinow
Engaging in social business is beneficial to a company because it leverages on business competencies to address social issues, involves one-time investment with sustainable results, and produces other positive effects such as employee motivation and improved organizational culture. Votes: 1 Muhammad Yunus
The motivation is in my heart to work toward my goals and my dreams. Votes: 1 Nonito Donaire
In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything. Votes: 1 William J. Clinton
Engaging in social business is beneficial to a company because it leverages on business competencies to address social issues, involves one-time investment with sustainable results, and produces other positive effects such as employee motivation and improved organizational culture. Votes: 3 Muhammad Yunus
Exercise plays a huge role in keeping me sane, and that's my primary motivation to 'find time.' Votes: 1 Jessica Scorpio
Exercise plays a huge role in keeping me sane, and that's my primary motivation to 'find time.' Votes: 1 Jessica Scorpio
I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure. Votes: 1 Emanuel Steward
I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure. Votes: 1 Emanuel Steward
The unfulfilling job is not the failure; not pursuing your dreams is the real failure. Developing a vision requires conquering your fears and finding motivation from within. Votes: 3 Peter Murphy
Motivation, passion, and focus have to come from the top. Votes: 1 Kevin Plank
Being reminded about the incredible power of God's love, and living as He intended, is the most powerful motivation to change. Votes: 1 Rick Warren
Thatcher was the motivation for my entire political career. I hated everything she stood for. Votes: 1 Nicola Sturgeon
My inner motivation is to make the world a better place; the bad guy and the good guy think the same thing. Votes: 3 Mandy Patinkin
Old unhealthy thoughts can block off inspiration and motivation. Dropping them releases a strong flow of power through the mind. Votes: 2 Norman Vincent Peale
I don't think it's a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to not be struggling for survival. For people who don't know where their next meal is coming, notions of finding inner motivation are comical. Votes: 5 Daniel H. Pink
Obstacles to job creation in America are a result of policy, not of motivation. Votes: 1 Rick Scott
The motivation part is all essential in keeping my voice, but there are the human factors of discipline. Votes: 1 Jerome Hines
I love to run. When the weather's bad, I should get on the treadmill in the basement gym of my apartment building, but I lack the motivation. Votes: 1 Tom Riley
I could live a normal life. My motivation is only to take on new challenges. Votes: 2 Holly Madison
What I worry about is not just Nissan, but Japanese manufacturers losing motivation to maintain production in Japan. The high yen is definitely a headwind. Votes: 4 Carlos Ghosn
By unlinking your money motivation from anger, fear, and the need to prove yourself, you can install new links for earning your money through purpose, contribution, and joy. Votes: 3 T. Harv Eker
My principal motivation is supporting my family, which is not a bad reason for getting up in the morning. That's always been my motivation - to take care of the people who rely on me. Votes: 1 Tony Parsons
With good coaching, proper motivation and the right club structure with organic growth, you can achieve an awful lot in football. Votes: 1 Gary Neville
Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life. Votes: 3 Viktor E. Frankl
The motivation is in my heart to work toward my goals and my dreams. Votes: 2 Nonito Donaire
Exercise plays a huge role in keeping me sane, and that's my primary motivation to 'find time.' Votes: 1 Jessica Scorpio
I could live a normal life. My motivation is only to take on new challenges. Votes: 1 Holly Madison
One of my motivations in life is to be a billionaire. Votes: 1 Birdman
The second draft is on yellow paper, that's when I work on characterizations. The third is pink, I work on story motivations. Then blue, that's where I cut, cut, cut. Votes: 1 Jacqueline Susann
Psychology doesn't like to talk about evil. It likes to talk about bad childhoods. But I very much believe that some people are evil and motivation is not necessary for evil. Votes: 1 Laura Schlessinger
I should invent a stationary bike/electrical generator/phonograph player, so that when the grid goes down I will have motivation to exercise for my nightly entertainment. Votes: 3 Jarod Kintz
So when someone would love to see you fail, forgive them, and draw upon that motivation to succeed. Votes: 3 Donald L. Hicks
As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses. Votes: 0 Daniel Radcliffe
There is no motivation higher than being a good writer. Votes: 3 Tom Wolfe
I retired simply because I didn't have the passion and motivation anymore; I was tired. At the time I thought, 'Well, I had a great time, there is the end.' At some moment, there is the right time to call it an end. Votes: 3 Michael Schumacher
I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality. Votes: 2 Marilyn vos Savant
The thing that helped me come to terms with performing was an anxiety, a desperation for acceptance. There was never enough positive motivation in my life. Votes: 3 Phoebe Snow
New start or not, there was a line to be drawn, and that line was singing musicals to yourself as serious psychological motivation. Votes: 3 Maureen Johnson
Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued. Votes: 1 Zig Ziglar
The simplest and clearest motivation for taking animal welfare seriously is the recognition that pain is in and of itself a bad thing, and that to inflict significant amounts of it unnecessarily is wrong. Votes: 1 Julian Baggini
I was learning the craft; I didn't study writing in school. Rejection was my motivation, and failure is what taught me. Votes: 1 Pierce Brown
Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command. Votes: 5 Steven Pressfield
As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses. Votes: 1 Daniel Radcliffe
Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports. Votes: 1 Katarina Witt
Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command. Votes: 1 Steven Pressfield
As a former high school teacher and a student in a class of 60 urchins at St. Brigid's grammar school, I know that education is all about discipline and motivation. Disadvantaged students need extra attention, a stable school environment, and enough teacher creativity to stimulate their imaginations. Those things are not expensive. Votes: 1 Bill O'Reilly
I was learning the craft; I didn't study writing in school. Rejection was my motivation, and failure is what taught me. Votes: 1 Pierce Brown
Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation. Votes: 1 Nicholas Hoult
We expert teachers know that motivation and emotional impact are what matter. Votes: 1 Donald Norman
I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game. Votes: 3 Tom Landry
Sometimes when you fail, it allows you the opportunity to grow more motivation and get more intense about your training. Votes: 1 Abby Wambach
I don't think any collector knows his true motivation. Votes: 3 Robert Mapplethorpe
If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be 'liberty.' That's what inspires me and motivates me more than anything - just the concept of freedom, liberty, what it means. Votes: 1 Michele Bachmann