Motivation Quotes I

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.


If people are coming to work excited . . .
if they're making mistakes freely and fearlessly . ..
if they're having fun . . .
if they're concentrating doing things,
rather than preparing reports and going to meetings
- then somewhere you have leaders.
~ Robert Townsend


When he reached the New World, Cortez burned his ships. As a result his crew was well motivated. ~The Hunt For Red October


Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself; but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not sure of you. ~ Stewart E. White


Adventure isn't hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain.
Adventure is an attitude that we must apply to the day to day obstacles of life -- facing new challenges, seizing new opportunities, testing our resources against the unknown and in the process, discovering our own unique potential. ~ John Amatt


We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it. ~ Peter F. Drucker


Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The slogan, 'Press on,' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. ~ Calvin Coolidge


Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today? ~ Mary Manin Morrissey


Nobody is stronger, nobody is weaker than someone who came back.There is nothing you can do to such a person because whatever you could do is less than what has already been done to him. We have already paid the price. ~ Elie Wiesel


Kites rise highest against the wind -- not with it. ~ Sir Winston Churchill


People prefer to follow those who help them, not those who intimidate them. ~ C. Gene Wilkes


The mechanics of industry is easy. The real engine is the people : Their motivation and direction. ~ Ken Gilbert


I never criticize a player until they are first convinced of my unconditional confidence in their abilities. ~ John Robinson


Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. ~ Harriet Braiker


You are what you think. You are what you go for. You are what you do! - Bob Richards