Quotes about Motivation

“Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.”

“I still feel like I gotta prove something. There are a lot of people hoping I fail. But I like that. I need to be hated.”

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

“The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.”

“I usually need a can of beer to prime me.”

“No one does anything from a single motive.”

“We talk on principal, but act on motivation.”

“What comes from the heart, goes to the heart.”

“You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.”

“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.”

“Next to excellence, comes the appreciation of it.”

“Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.”

“You don't have to do anything you don't want to do.”

“If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.”

“Why did I want to win? because I didn't want to lose!”

“It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.”

“I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn.”

“A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.”

“There are two levers for moving men -- interest and fear.”

“There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.”

“It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.”

“Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.”

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”

“A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own.”

“We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.”

“You are what you think. You are what you go for. You are what you do!”

“Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.”

“I've always felt it was not up to anyone else to make me give my best.”

“The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.”