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Quotes about Motivation

But once you've got the How, the Why drives it home.
- Dorothy Sayers
Sometimes you develop a passion for something because of some personal experience.
- Francis Collins
If a footballer goes on the pitch with the right mentality, he will perform well.
- Alexis Sanchez
I have been inundated with the most encouraging response on social media, and it almost feels like I've made a comeback! I have to say that this adulation and warmth really tempts and motivates me to be more active in the industry going forward.
- Neelam Kothari
Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing ever great was achieved without enthusiasm.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
What motivates us more: the fear of man or the fear of God? If we fear man more than we fear God, then we don't see God in truth. We see the Lord as less than a man—and this is proven by whose will we obey. A. W. Tozer said, "An idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand.
- Ray Comfort
I do think that whatever ambition I may have had natively was amplified by my father's clear valuing of it. I knew that was what my dad really cared about.
- Angela Duckworth