Quotes about motivation
motivation hard-work frustrated
These were the moments when I was disappointed and frustrated, when I got so low because it seemed all my hard work had been wasted. But the moments passed, and the motivation to go back to rehab was there again. Kim Clijsters
motivation effort humanity
In an effort to reclaim our humanity, let us find new motivation for living by opening our minds to broader concepts of spirituality. Kevin Powell
motivation passion focus
Motivation, passion, and focus have to come from the top. Kevin Plank
motivation school opportunity
In schools, including universities, most resources are spent to purchase the time and motivation of a limited number of people to take up predetermined problems in a ritually defined setting. The most radical alternative to school would be a network or service which gave each man the same opportunity to share his current concern with others motivated by the same concern. Ivan Illich
motivational business inspiration
If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin. Ivan Turgenev
motivational women feminist
Women are always saying,"We can do anything that men cando." But Men should be saying,"We can do anything that women can do. Gloria Steinem
motivation mean giving
Giving means extending one's love with no conditions, no expectations and no boundaries. . . Peace of minds occurs, therefore, when we put all our attention into giving and have no desire to get anything from, or to change, another person. . . The giving motivation leads to a sense of inner peace and joy that is unrelated to time.
motivational inspiring leadership
A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason. J. P. Morgan
motivational asking way
I also like to look at the dynamic that takes place between religion and science because, in a way, both are asking the same questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? The methodologies are diametrically opposed, but their motivation is the same; the wellspring is the same in both cases. J. Michael Straczynski
motivation writing two
If someone asked for my recipe for happiness, step one would be finding out what you love most in the world and step two would be finding someone to pay you to do it. I consider myself very lucky indeed to be able to support myself by writing. J. K. Rowling
motivation believe inspiration
[It's] difficult to engage people in politics when they believe that what really matters is where they personally stand. Ivan Krastev
motivational sports believe
I believe the brain is like a muscle - like any other it can be improved. Ivan Lendl
motivational attitude cancer
What really matters is what you do with what you have. H. G. Wells
motivational strength success
If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
motivation inspiration design
It's tens of millions of calculations just to design one connection between a piece of structural steel and another piece of structural steel. Greg Lynn
motivational routes scenic
Every once in a while, take the scenic route. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
motivational work leisure
We seldom enjoy leisure we haven't earned.
motivation past use
Use your past successes as a trampoline, not an easy chair.
motivation trying
Encourage anyone who is trying to improve mentally, physically, or spiritually.
motivational positive courage
Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. George Herbert
motivation should-have giving
Those who have racked their brains to discover new proofs have perhaps been induced to do so by a compulsion they could not quite explain to themselves. Instead of giving us their new proofs they should have explained to us the motivation that constrained them to search for them. Georg C. Lichtenberg
motivational baseball slumps
Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning, you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking Gene Mauch
motivational running baseball
Most one-run games are lost, not won.
motivational dance summer
I'd studied dance in Chicago every summer and taught it all winter, and I was well-rounded. I wasn't worried about getting a job on Broadway. In fact, I got one the first week. Gene Kelly
motivational journey coming-to-america
No journey is too great, when one finds what one seeks. Friedrich Nietzsche
motivational men idols
Which is it? Is man only a blunder of God? Or is God only a blunder of man?
motivation inspiration realization
Merely watching a romantic comedy causes relationship satisfaction to plummet. Apparently, the bitter realization that maybe it could happen to us, but it obviously hasn't and it probably never will, makes our lives seem unbearably grim in comparison. Jenna McCarthy
motivational dream want
You can do anything you want to. Follow your dreams; because if you say you can't do it, you'll spend the rest of your life proving it. Jean Nidetch
motivational fate waiting
Do not miss the purpose of this life, and do not wait for circumstance to mold or change you fate. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
motivational overcoming rise-above
There is nothing we cannot live down, rise above, and overcome.
motivational uplifting failure
Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
motivational strength success
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
motivation taste possessing
Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like.