Quotes about Motivation

Almsgiving is not a service of God, but of vain-glory, if it spring not from divine love.

I knew Armada was only a videogame, but I'd never been one of the "best of the best" at anything before, and my accomplishment gave me a real sense of pride.

Now, I have a new quest. A far more important one." "And that is?" "Revenge.

A dream worth chasing. For the last five years, the Hunt had given me a goal and purpose. A quest to fulfill. A reason to get up in the morning. Something to look forward to.

Many think that the only way to change your behavior is to first change your feelings.

Parables release the adrenaline of urgency into our bloodstream.

A person has to be thoroughly disgusted with the way things are to find the motivation to set out on the Christian way. As long as we think the next election might eliminate crime and establish justice or another scientific breakthrough might save the environment or another pay raise might push us over the edge of anxiety into a life of tranquility, we are not likely to risk the arduous uncertainties of the life of faith.

Being reminded about the incredible power of God's love, and living as He intended, is the most powerful motivation to change.

For sure, when you are being beaten by your team-mate, it hurts.

I don't even need to know - if you have something to prove to your old boss or your dad or your third grade teacher or yourself, it doesn't matter. You need that hustle and that fire, and I don't care where it comes from.

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.

My coach in college always told me, 'You don't go out there to win lackadaisical, you don't go out there to win by one point, you don't go out there to coast through - you go out to dominate. You impose your will on a man.' And he was my fight coach for a little bit, too, and I did the same thing.