Motivation Quotations | Page 2

One of the things that I did before I ran for president is I was a professional speaker. Not a motivational speaker - an inspirational speaker. Motivation comes from within. You have to be inspired. That's what I do. I inspire people, I inspire the public, I inspire my staff. I inspired the organizations I took over to want to succeed.

Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well.

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.

Google is about information and computers and making things really fast. Facebook is about the sharing and connections. These missions give these companies direction and motivation.

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.

You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.'

In American films, Russians are often portrayed like cartoon villains without clear motivations.

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice.

Yes, my life is a life of combat; I can say that this has never stopped for a single instant. It is a combat that started for me at the age of 16. I'm 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn't changed; it's the same fervour that drives me.

If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself - your ethics, character, principles, purpose, motivation, and conduct. Invest at least 30% managing those with authority over you, and 15% managing your peers.

In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literature, which had a great tradition and strong motivation to be that way, Polish literature changed its focus to a psychological rather than a social one.

All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important.

If you make it a game, gamers will play it no matter what your motivation is in making it.

Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.

My main motivation for staying in the spotlight at all is, I don't want to just be known for being involved in 'Playboy,' or having been Hugh Hefner's girlfriend - I hate that. I like to show I can do other things and take on other challenges. That's my main motivation.

Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation.

The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes.

If you want to live a life free of regret, there is an option open to you. It's called a lobotomy.

There's always a lot of talk about motivation to race, but nobody really knows what I do or what I think apart from myself, so I don't really care what people think.

My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?

A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.

But the war on terror as I have repeatedly said in the past, and the Afghan people believe in it, in truth, is that the war on terror is not in the Afghan villages or homes. Its in the sanctuaries, it is in the training grounds, its in the motivation factors and the money that comes to it.

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.

When I hear Obama speak he just seems really sincere and he just seems like somebody who actually has his heart and his motivation in the right place. Forget about color or race or gender or whatever, he's got his heart in the right place.

I had never even thought I'd be an actress - I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing. It's the same career.

People want a cop-out, listen I'm a realist and I talk about motivation, talk about all the things it takes to be greater or are important to win and people want to use excuses all the time.

A lot of the motivation for doing the 'Make 'Em Laugh' on SNL was because I had just finished shooting 'Inception,' where there were zero-gravity scenes and I got into really good shape and was training and did all these stunts. Coming off of that, that instilled me with the confidence to do 'Make 'Em Laugh.'

I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one.

Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I'm just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer I would willingly play for nothing.

There's a tendency in politics to attribute bad motivation much too quickly, and the sooner you attribute bad motivation to someone you disagree with, the harder it is to find some common ground to make some progress that would give people confidence that you got it more right than wrong.

I think for most Americans, knowledge of the Islamic world was pretty slight before 9/11, and then it was thrust upon us in one of America's darkest hours.

Being reminded about the incredible power of God's love, and living as He intended, is the most powerful motivation to change.

The older you get, the more fragile you understand life to be. I think that's good motivation for getting out of bed joyfully each day.

The great fights with your strongest rivals are always the biggest motivation. When you win easily it's not the same taste.

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.

It's tough when you're No. 1. You don't have any private life, you can't even walk anywhere. I think that was one reason why I lost my motivation to play tennis.

I'm a better person in a relationship, and I'm a happier person. I need to come home at the end of the day and have it not be about me and my freaking hair and makeup and character motivations anymore. And I think my work is more inspired when home is safe and sound and solid, because what I do for a living is so bananas and so insecure.

Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.

If we see someone in a wheelchair, we assume they cannot walk. It may be that they can walk three, four, five steps. That, to them, means they can walk.

One of the biggest motivations for me with writing my books is to offer girls some escapism, especially girls who really need it, like I did.

Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.

I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.

One motivation for the 'Soul Train' awards was the grumbling that all of us in the industry have heard about the way black music tends to be viewed as a secondary phenomenon by the other awards shows.

Emotions serve characters' purposes. That is their motivation.

As a former high school teacher and a student in a class of 60 urchins at St. Brigid's grammar school, I know that education is all about discipline and motivation. Disadvantaged students need extra attention, a stable school environment, and enough teacher creativity to stimulate their imaginations. Those things are not expensive.

You know looking back on it now I used the fight and after the fight as motivation, to make sure I was going to be the best middleweight in the world for a long time.

Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh.

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.

For me, motivation is a person who has the capability to recruit the resources he needs to achieve a goal.

While we somehow understand revenge on an intuitive level between individuals, I do suspect that companies, assuming that people are rational, completely miss and underestimate the motivation people have for revenge.

I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.

Fear is ... a kind of unintentional storytelling that we are all born knowing how to do.

Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.

In all the time that people have known me, has anyone ever heard me talk about the importance of rushing records or finishing with the most touchdowns? So if that's never been important to me, then why would that be a motivation to keep playing?

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.

I could live a normal life. My motivation is only to take on new challenges.

Who do you think made the first stone spears? The Asperger guy. If you were to get rid of all the autism genetics, there would be no more Silicon Valley.

I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.

Obstacles to job creation in America are a result of policy, not of motivation.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.

Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values.

There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.

What you are will show in what you do.

A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.

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.

What I'm really worried about is war. Will the former rich countries really accept a completely changed world economy, and a shift of power away from where it has been the last 50 to 100 to 150 years, back to Asia?

Psychology doesn't like to talk about evil. It likes to talk about bad childhoods. But I very much believe that some people are evil and motivation is not necessary for evil.

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare.

Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters. When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you're connecting with them on a personal level.

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

You can't be funny for funny's sake. You try to get as outrageous situation as you can but it always has to be believable and based in real character motivations and what people would really do.

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

In health care today, we spend most of the dollars - in terms of treating disease - in the last two years of a person's life.

Nothing personal - I am just doing my job.

When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.

The city's the best gallery I could imagine. I would never have to make a book and then present it to a gallery and let them decide if my work was nice enough to show it to people. I would control it directly with the public in the streets.

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

Mostly we're motivated to control ourselves in public. Mostly. At home the motivation is much less clear. At home there's a bit of a lab for bad behavior. You can test things out without terrible consequences. Or maybe the consequences are there, but they are deferred, buried, much harder to detect.

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

I aim to be translucent, so you don't notice the words, just their meaning. I haven't much insight into people's motivations.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

Just like all great stories, our fears focus our attention on a question that is as important in life as it is in literature: What will happen next?

I don't know if there are words to describe my motivation.

I just knew that economics had never been my big motivation.

When kids are young, before the age of ten, there is a critical window of opportunity when their habits and motivations can be influenced.

Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.

I think that most of the people running companies today are motivated and pay is a small portion of the motivation.

I know I'm never going to be as successful as my dad, but I get bored doing nothing. I couldn't go from vacation to vacation and have no motivation.

What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.