Quotes about Motivation
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! Strong, deeply rooted desire is the starting point of all achievement.
— Napoleon Hill
A man doesn't need brilliance or genius, all he needs is energy.
— Albert M. Greenfield
The most depraved type of human being ... (is) the man without a purpose.
— Ayn Rand
While the best men are guided by love, most mean are still goaded by fear.
— St. Augustine
If you want to grow, find men who provoke you.
— Joshua Harris
A man's acts are usually right, but his reasons seldom are.
— Elbert Hubbard
What is the chief end of man?-to get rich. In what way?-dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must.
— Mark Twain
Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not the being seen of men that is wrong, but doing these things for the purpose of being seen of men. The problem with the hypocrite is his motivation.
— St. Augustine
A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Men do not get up and do mischief, without there is someone in the head of it.
— Andrew Jackson
No man that has ever lived has done a thing to please God--primarily. It was done to please himself, then God next.
— Mark Twain