Quotes about Motivation
The outer life we live from ought (I ought to do this) rather than from desire (I want to do this) and management substitutes for mystery.
— John Eldredge
Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find. [Quoted by Theodore Sorensen in 'Kennedy']
— John F. Kennedy
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
— John F. Kennedy
The creature has a purpose, and his eyes are bright with it.
— John Keats
Haven't you known highly talented people who have squandered their potential because they wouldn't do anything? And don't you know people less talented than you who are more successful? That is often due, in part, to commitment.
— John Maxwell
The most important method of education always has consisted of that in which the pupil was urged to actual performance.
— Albert Einstein
What we do flows from who we are.
— Charles Colson
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
— Confucius
People of excellence will always be brought before people of influence.
— Bill Johnson
To help people believe they can achieve victory, put them in a position to experience small successes.
— John Maxwell
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
— CS Lewis
The multitude of people fail because they talk failure.
— TB Joshua