Quotes about Motivation

I am called to love her out of reverence for God. Any other motivation is less than Christian.

Though pursuing holiness seems to be—and, in fact, is—a noble aim, and wanting to experience greater depth in holiness appears to be—and, in fact, is—a godly pursuit, it's possible that our desire for increased growth may be fueled by pride, ambition, and self-interest—and our attitude as we wait is often the best indicator of what our true motivation is.

Just as viewing my marriage through the lens of a pathway toward holiness more than happiness gave me renewed motivation to grow in union with my wife and ongoing motivation to keep pursuing deeper intimacy with her, so understanding my body as an instrument of service to God is giving me renewed motivation to take better care of it in the face of my cravings and laziness.

The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work.

Successful people are simply those with success habits.

Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of either desire or fear.

The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve.

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.

If you envy successful people, you create a negative force field of attraction that repels you from ever doing the things that you need to do to be successful. If you admire successful people, you create a positive force field of attraction that draws you toward becoming more and more like the kinds of people that you want to be like.

Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.

Don't curse the darkness but light a candle.

Our sanctification does not depend upon changing what we do, but in doing for God's sake what we normally do for our own sake.