Motivation Quotes

Never allow the circumstances of your life to become an excuse. People will allow you to do it. But I believe we have a personal obligation to make the most of the abilities we have.

Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.

Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.

If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.

Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.

First steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a notion and not an achievement.

What you will do matters. All you need is to do it.

Success and failure. We think of them as opposites, but they're really not. They're companions - the hero and the sidekick.

My experience indicates that most people who've accumulated a great deal of wealth haven't had that as their goal at all. Wealth is only a by-product, not the original motivation.

Self-compassion - being supportive and kind to yourself, especially in the face of stress and failure - is associated with more motivation and better self-control.

It's not where you start but where you finish.

A goal is just an awesome way to force growth on yourself.

It's not so much what you accomplish in life that really matters, but what you overcome that proves who you are, what you are, and whether you are a champion.

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

There's a big difference between motivation and inspiration: Inspire through values and motivation takes care of itself.

Everyone suffers some injustice in life, and what better motivation than to help others not suffer in the same way.

Listen to how everyone is talking about you. You have to use it as fuel for motivation.

First master the fundamentals.

To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.

What you are capable of achieving is determined by your talent and ability. What you attempt to do is determined by your motivation. How well you do something is determined by your attitude.

I succeed on my own personal motivation, dedication, and commitment. My mindset is: If I'm not out there training, someone else is.

India has seen a dream of Digital India. From latest science to latest technology, everything should be available at the tip of one's finger.

Small groups of people can have a really huge impact.

Never underestimate the heart of a champion.

There are more than 27 million people enslaved in the world today - that's double the amount of people taken from Africa during the entire trans-Atlantic slave trade.

The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.

Any business or industry that pays equal rewards to its goof-off and its eager beavers sooner or later will find itself with more goof-offs than eager beavers.

Some pay to see me win, some pay to see me lose, but they all pay.

People with dirty jobs are happier than you think. As a group, they're the happiest people I know.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

When you live your life by poor standards, you inflict damage on everyone who crosses your path, especially those you love.

Be positive. Stay happy and don't let the negativity of the world get you down.

While many hackers have the knowledge, skills, and tools to attack computer systems, they generally lack the motivation to cause violence or severe economic or social harm.

There is no neediness in desire ... there is no caretaking in desire. Caretaking is mightily loving, [but] it's a powerful anti-aphrodisiac.

I don't feel that no fighter has the mental or physical agility to match Floyd Mayweather.

As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.

It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation.

My definition of a sport is that it's a physical activity that involves competition. Since bodybuilders certainly train and then compete, we are certainly a sport.

Really, what [sea] ice does is it acts like a garden. … Losing that ice is like losing the soil in a garden.

People have the inner resources to become anything they want to be. Challenge just becomes the vehicle for tapping into those inner resources.

We, the people, do have the power to stop the tragic waste of resources if we regard it as socially unacceptable to waste food.

Motivation is temporary. Inspiration is permanent.

Everywhere in a day there is light. Look around. Everywhere. Look at your smart phone. It has a flashlight, an LED flashlight. These are potential sources for high-speed data transmission.

You're going to make mistakes in life. It's what you do after the mistakes that counts.

The defining factor [for success] is never resources; it’s resourcefulness.

Once you learn to hit, teach yourself to never miss again.

There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.

I've been shot down so many times, I get altitude sickness just from standing up for myself.

Success is actually a short race-a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over.