Motivation Quotes

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

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"Motivation sustained through discipline endures long after mere enthusiasm has faded."
Johann Tetens
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"Motivation born of fear is fleeting; that born of purpose endures."
Antonio Genovesi
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"To love the game is the condition under which great things are accomplished."
John Maynard Keynes
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"Motivation comes from understanding purpose"
Giovanni Vico
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"The most effective way to prevent crime is to ensure that the certainty of punishment is known to all."
Cesare Beccaria
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"The certainty of swift punishment is more valuable than the severity of delayed punishment."
Cesare Beccaria
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"The most effective punishment is the knowledge that wrongdoing will be discovered and judged."
Cesare Beccaria
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"Motivation flows from understanding the true good we seek."
George Berkeley
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"In every moment, we have the power to choose who we will become."
Antonio Genovesi
"When an individual is allowed to keep the fruits of his labor, he is incentivized to produce more."
Friedrich Hayek
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"The passions are the springs of all human action."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
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"The passions, properly understood, are our guides."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
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"Motivation springs from understanding why something matters, not merely that it matters."
Johann Tetens
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"Motivation without direction is mere agitation; direction without motivation is sterile."
Johann Tetens
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"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one."
Johann Goethe
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"Everybody has to start somewhere."
Johann Goethe
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"He who would do some great thing in this world, must not stand back from his work because he doubts."
Johann Goethe
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"Motivation comes from within; inspiration from without."
Johann Herder
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"Motivation comes from within; it cannot be forced upon us."
Catharine Macaulay
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"Motivation is the fuel of achievement."
Catharine Macaulay
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"It is not the work that is hard; it is the disinclination to the work."
Friedrich Schiller
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"Motivation comes from within."
Hugo Grotius
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"Motivation fuels achievement."
Hugo Grotius
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"Motivation springs from understanding why something is worth doing."
Christian Wolff
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"Motivation comes from a clear sense of purpose"
Jean Bodin
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"Motivation sustained comes from internal conviction"
Jean Bodin
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"The human spirit is capable of great transformation."
Hugo Grotius
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"The pursuit of virtue is life's highest calling."
Hugo Grotius
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"Motivation sustained by principle outlasts motivation born of impulse."
Johann Herder
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"Motivation rooted in love of others endures longer than self-interest."
Johann Herder