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
organizer and participant in Canada's first successful expedition to the summit of Mt Everest.
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
author
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
They build too low who build beneath the skies
- an inscription on a building in Washington, D.C
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.
- Unknown
If what you're working for really matters, you'll
give it all you've got.
- Nido Qubein
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
I've always felt it was not up to anyone else to
make me give my best.
- Akeem Olajuwon
Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
- Frank Outlaw
Don't measure yourself by what you have
accomplished, but by what you should have
accomplished with your ability.
- John Wooden
Nobody motivates today's workers. If it doesn't
come from within, it doesn't come. Fun helps
remove the barriers that allow people to motivate
themselves.
- Herman Cain
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle
others, use your heart.
- Donald Laird
You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.
- William Boetcker
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what
keeps you going.
- Unknown
If you would lift me up you must be on higher
ground.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The best morale exist when you never hear the word
mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it,
it's usually lousy.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Motivation is like food for the brain. You cannot
get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and
regular top up s.
- Peter Davies
No one does anything from a single motive.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
- Sir John Lubbock
Why did I want to win? because I didn't want to
lose!
- Max Schmelling
The most important thing about motivation is goal
setting. You should always have a goal.
- Francie Larrieu Smith
I still feel like I gotta prove something. There
are a lot of people hoping I fail. But I like
that. I need to be hated.
- Howard Stern
This time like all times is a very good one if we
but know what to do with it
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Leadership is doing what is right when no one is
watching.
- George Van Valkenburg
There is nothing that fear and hope does not
permit men to do.
- Marquis De Vauvenargues
Everyone is trying to accomplish something big,
not realizing that life is made up of little
things.
- Frank A. Clark