Motivation Quotes

When you need a push, these words deliver. The fuel for getting started and keeping going.

22152 quotes

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"Adults are motivated to learn when they see personal relevance."
Malcolm Knowles
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"The learner's motivation is more important than the content."
Malcolm Knowles
M
"Adults learn best when they are intrinsically motivated."
Malcolm Knowles
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"Motivation to learn comes from within; we cannot impose it from without."
Jerome Bruner
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"Motivation is the desire to act in order to achieve a goal."
Benjamin Bloom
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"Motivation is the engine of achievement."
Benjamin Bloom
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"Genuine caring cannot be done for the sake of recognition or reward."
Nel Noddings
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"The need to know is perhaps the most powerful motivator of adult learning."
Malcolm Knowles
M
"Intrinsic motivation, not external rewards, drives the deepest learning in adults."
Malcolm Knowles
M
"Adults are more likely to engage in learning when they perceive it as relevant to their aspirations."
Malcolm Knowles
M
"The learner's readiness to learn is often more important than the quality of instruction."
Malcolm Knowles
M
"Adults bring motivations to learning that are often invisible to external observers."
Malcolm Knowles
M
"Learning is most durable when it is internally motivated and self-directed."
Malcolm Knowles
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"Students need to understand not just what they're learning, but why it matters."
Benjamin Bloom
B
"The most effective learning occurs when motivation is intrinsic, not external."
Benjamin Bloom
B
"Learning is facilitated when students see relevance to their own lives."
Benjamin Bloom
J
"The joy of discovery is a more powerful motivator than external rewards or punishments."
Jerome Bruner
J
"Curiosity is not a luxury but a fundamental human drive that education should cultivate."
Jerome Bruner
J
"The capacity for wonder is the foundation of all genuine intellectual pursuit."
Jerome Bruner
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"To teach is to assert that the world is not finished, that we can make a difference."
Paulo Freire
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"The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own desire to learn."
Maria Montessori
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"Every person is intrinsically motivated to learn and grow when the conditions are right."
Malcolm Knowles
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"Adults are most motivated to learn when they perceive a need for the knowledge or skill."
Malcolm Knowles
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"Engagement is the bridge between instruction and transformation."
Malcolm Knowles
M
"Adults need to understand the 'why' before they will embrace the 'how'."
Malcolm Knowles
M
"When we stop learning, we stop growing; when we stop growing, we stop living."
Malcolm Knowles
J
"Motivation comes from within."
Johann Pestalozzi
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"Learners have an inherent desire to grow and develop."
Malcolm Knowles
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"Intrinsic motivation is more powerful than extrinsic rewards in learning."
Malcolm Knowles
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"Adults are most motivated when they have voice and choice in their learning."
Malcolm Knowles