Motivation Quotes

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

22152 quotes

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"The greatest evil that can happen to a man is to lose the desire to improve."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the highest human calling."
Carl Linnaeus
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"Motivation is the fire that drives human action."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Motivation is the bridge between desire and achievement."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"Every noble work is at first impossible."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
"Learning is the eternal human endeavor."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"The motivation to excel comes from within, not from external rewards or punishment."
Jean Bodin
"Motivation flows from understanding the significance of one's efforts."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"One's greatest enemy is not ignorance but the refusal to learn."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"What we call luck is merely opportunity meeting preparation."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"The motivation to excel comes not from competition but from love of the work itself."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"A man without passion is like a body without a soul."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the most noble of human endeavors."
Carl Linnaeus
"Motivation that comes from external rewards is fleeting; true motivation springs from within."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
J
"Motivation comes from understanding the purpose of one's labor."
Jean d'Alembert
"Curiosity is the engine that drives all human advancement and discovery."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
C
"To work with dedication is to work with purpose."
Carl Linnaeus
J
"A mathematician is only as great as the problems he chooses to solve."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
J
"The greatest achievements are those that seem impossible until they are accomplished."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
J
"Motivation comes from within; inspiration comes from without."
Jean d'Alembert
"Motivation that comes from without fades; from within, it endures."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"Motivation comes not from external compulsion but from understanding how our actions serve our true interests."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Motivation comes from within, not without."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Motivation is the fuel of ambition."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Motivation comes not from heaven but from understanding why your work matters."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"What motivates one person may paralyze another."
Jean d'Alembert
"Motivation increases when we can clearly perceive the connection between effort and outcome."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac