Quotes about Motivation
I went to Golden State and helped them get to the playoffs my first year there, and they haven't been to the playoffs in 13 years. I played in Charlotte... and I got them to the playoffs. So, every team I go to, I make them better.
— Stephen Jackson
A Canadian comedian once told me that when you first go out there to imagine that you're actually just going back out for the encore, that all the clapping is because they've already seen you do your thing and they want to see more. You can train your mind to do anything.
— Mae Martin
I'm not a player who needs telling every day in training 'you're brilliant, you're this, you're that'... but it's always nice to hear comments from the manager and people around that you're doing well.
— Phil Jones
I don't write for the money. I write because something in me is constantly compelled.
— Beth Moore
Competition brings out the best in everybody.
— Matt Cassel
A lot of people don't enjoy their jobs, and it's one of the main things we like to complain about.
— Joyce Meyer
It's really important for me to look good before a race. I definitely think if I feel I look good, it makes me feel more confident.
— Jessica Ennis-Hill
Our challenge isn't that we can't be motivated. It's not that we aren't smart, excitable, or that we lack passion - what we don't have is the ability to sustain motivation over time.
— Brendon Burchard
As holy zeal is the fervency of our grace, so sinful zeal is the intention and fervency of sin.
— Richard Baxter
Some desire to know merely for the sake of knowing, and that is shameful curiosity. Some desire to know that they may sell their knowledge, and that too is shameful. Some desire to know for reputation's sake, and that is shameful vanity. But there are some who desire to know that they may edify others, and that is praiseworthy; and there are some who desire to know that they themselves may be edified, and that is wise.
— Richard Baxter
True spirituality is not taught, it's caught. Once our sails have been unfurled to the Spirit, henceforth our motivation for the journey toward holiness and wholeness is immense gratitude.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Just do it better yourself and don't waste any time criticizing others or the past! This, in fact, purifies your own commitment and motivation.
— Fr. Richard Rohr