Quotes about Motivation
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.
— Ernest Cline
Now, I have a new quest. A far more important one." "And that is?" "Revenge.
— Ernest Cline
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.
— Ernest Cline
Many think that the only way to change your behavior is to first change your feelings.
— Eugene Peterson
Parables release the adrenaline of urgency into our bloodstream.
— Eugene Peterson
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.
— Eugene Peterson
Being reminded about the incredible power of God's love, and living as He intended, is the most powerful motivation to change.
— Rick Warren
For sure, when you are being beaten by your team-mate, it hurts.
— Niki Lauda
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.
— Emily Weiss
You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.
— Earl Nightingale
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.
— Corey Anderson
Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn't.
— LeBron James