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Quotes about Motivation

I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
— Rainbow Rowell
I love talking to The Rock. He's done the transition from WWE to the mainstream so well.
— Eva Marie
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
— Steve Jobs
I became evil for no reason. I had no motive for my wickedness except wickedness itself. It was foul, and I loved it. I loved the self-destruction, I loved my fall, not the object for which I had fallen but my fall itself. My depraved soul leaped down from your firmament to ruin. I was seeking not to gain anything by shameful means, but shame for its own sake.
— St. Augustine
God provides the wind, but man must raise the sails.
— St. Augustine
Go forth and set the world on fire.
— Ignatius of Loyola
I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money [not for purpose or passion]- has turned himself into a slave.
— Joseph Campbell
You just go out and compete and try to earn whatever you can. I'm looking to get better every single day I set foot on this field.
— Tim Tebow
I said to myself, 'I don't want to be coming sixth or seventh, and being the best in Britain. I want to be the best in the world and race against these Kenyan guys.'
— Mo Farah
People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive.
— Philip Yancey
Leaders love progress.
— Andy Stanley
There must be the... generating force of Love behind every effort destined to be successful.
— Henry David Thoreau