Quotes about Motivation

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.

Thought is the seed of action; but action is as much its second form as thought is its first.

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

And truly it demands something godlike in him who has cast off the common motives of humanity, and has ventured to trust himself for a taskmaster. High be his heart, faithful his will, clear his sight, that he may in good earnest be doctrine, society, law, to himself, that a simple purpose may be to him as strong as iron necessity is to others!

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm...Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

for the hand can never execute any thing higher than the character can inspire.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm

The ancestor of every action is a thought. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is too short to waste In critic peep or cynic bark, Quarrel or reprimand: 'Twill soon be dark; Up, heed thine own aim, and God speed the mark!

The scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by awakening a pure interest in knowledge

Satan has obvious motives for fueling our denial of eternal punishment: He wants unbelievers to reject Christ without fear; he wants Christians to be unmotivated to share Christ; and he wants God to receive less glory for the radical nature of Christ's redemptive work.

It's possible for someone to act sacrificially and selflessly in the best interests of others while enjoying the fruit: feeling good about having done well and receiving God's approval and reward.