Quotes about Motivation
When I told people that I wanted to grow up to be a tennis player, they laughed at me. My dad has always been supportive, but he was laughing, too.
— Frances Tiafoe
We like to bully deadlines. Pick on them; make fun of them; even spit on them sometimes. But what a terrible thing to do. Deadlines are actually our best friends.
— Jason Fried
You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to.
— Robert Schuller
If people are basically selfish -and they are- then asking them to work hard yet earn no more than their unproductive neighbor is asking more than they'll rarely give. But we already know that; communism has failed.
— Robert Wright
Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.
— Lou Holtz
Winners and losers aren't born, they are the products of how they think
— Lou Holtz
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
— Lou Holtz
Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
— Lou Holtz
If you think you can - you can!
— Ronald Reagan
aren't lazy or unwilling to work: they just don't know how to free themselves from the welfare security blanket.
— Ronald Reagan
Neither can one who wills the Good do so out of fear of punishment. In essence, this is the same thing as willing the Good for the sake of a reward.
— Soren Kierkegaard
Winning isn't everything--but wanting to win is.
— Vince Lombardi Jr.