Quotes about Motivation
For many people, the reluctance to embrace Christianity is as practical as it is intellectual. They want to know what the benefits of Christianity are, or what's in it for them.
— Dinesh D'Souza
When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Become the change you want to see - those are words I live by.
— Oprah Winfrey
Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
People want to feel hopeful.
— Michelle Obama
Reinforce what you want to see repeated.What gets rewarded gets done.
— Brian Tracy
Every man is as holy as he really wants to be.
— AW Tozer
Make no mistake, I always want to win, but I never fight with an opponent. My fight is within me it is the struggle to be the best I can be at whatever I do.
— John Wooden
I think sometimes the critics want me to beat people down, and that's not in me. I want to lift people up.
— Joel Osteen
Do not be 'against' anything. Being 'against' weakens you. Be 'for' what you want. Being 'for' empowers you.
— Wayne Dyer
To me, it's all about the song. Songs are what make me excited. You hear a great song and you want to record it or get a great idea and you want to write it.
— Amy Grant
We all sort of do want incentives for creative people to still exist at a certain level. You know, maybe rock stars shouldn't make as much; who knows? But you want as much creativity to take place in the future as took place in the past.
— Bill Gates