Quotes about Motivation

Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.

I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

I became evil for no reason. I had no motive for my wickedness except wickedness itself. It was foul, and I loved it. I loved the self-destruction, I loved my fall, not the object for which I had fallen but my fall itself. My depraved soul leaped down from your firmament to ruin. I was seeking not to gain anything by shameful means, but shame for its own sake.

God provides the wind, but man must raise the sails.

Go forth and set the world on fire.

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money [not for purpose or passion]- has turned himself into a slave.

You just go out and compete and try to earn whatever you can. I'm looking to get better every single day I set foot on this field.

People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive.

Leaders love progress.

There must be the... generating force of Love behind every effort destined to be successful.

Duty or guilt may motivate us for awhile, but only a sense of Christ's love for us will motivate us for a lifetime.