Quotes about Motivation

Having that Christian base keeps me focused on what I have to do. It keeps me out of the clubs and in the gym.

Any book which inspires us to lead a better life is a good book.

When God does not supply our motivation, we tend to major in the minors and minor in the majors.

Christian life is a journey toward love, growing in love, expanding in our ability to love, surrendering our hearts to love, increasingly becoming a person who is motivated by love.

Our motivation and our thoughts about our actions become as important as the actions themselves.

I am called to love her out of reverence for God. Any other motivation is less than Christian.

Though pursuing holiness seems to be—and, in fact, is—a noble aim, and wanting to experience greater depth in holiness appears to be—and, in fact, is—a godly pursuit, it's possible that our desire for increased growth may be fueled by pride, ambition, and self-interest—and our attitude as we wait is often the best indicator of what our true motivation is.

Just as viewing my marriage through the lens of a pathway toward holiness more than happiness gave me renewed motivation to grow in union with my wife and ongoing motivation to keep pursuing deeper intimacy with her, so understanding my body as an instrument of service to God is giving me renewed motivation to take better care of it in the face of my cravings and laziness.

The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work.

Successful people are simply those with success habits.

Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of either desire or fear.

The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve.