Quotes about Motivation
So the desire you have, that itch that you have to be whatever it is you want to be … that itch, that desire for good is God's proof to you sent already to indicate that it's yours. You already have it. Claim it.
— Denzel Washington
Any time that you're criticised, it drives you on, and you try to prove people wrong.
— James Milner
Martin Luther claimed that he "never did anything well until his wrath was excited, and then he could do anything well.
— J. Oswald Sanders
The power of inspiring others to service and sacrifice will mark God's leader.
— J. Oswald Sanders
Belief may be no more, in the end, than a source of energy, like a battery which one clips into an idea to make it run. As happens when one writes: believing whatever has to be believed in order to get the job done.
— JM Coetzee
Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.
— J. Oswald Sanders
Holy ambition has always been surrounded by distortions.
— J. Oswald Sanders
Act enthusiastic and you become enthusiastic.
— Dale Carnegie
If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
— Dale Carnegie
Feeling sorry for yourself, and you present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.
— Dale Carnegie
Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue.
— John Henry Newman
Donald Trump is not some great man of virtue, but this much I'll say for him: I think he loves America, and I don't think he wants to line his own pockets.
— Eric Metaxas