Motivation Quotes

"The person who says it is impossible should not interrupt the person doing it."

"Growth forward is in spite of low estimates of oneself, not because of them."

"I observe that those who are most motivated are those pursuing meaning, not just reward."

"I find that motivation stems from purpose, and purpose from alignment with our deepest values."

"Those who have a 'why' to live can bear with almost any 'how.'"

"The will to meaning is the primary force in human nature."

"The most basic law of human nature is to strive for meaning."

"The striving to find meaning in one's life is the primary motivational force in human beings."

"A purpose-driven life is the antidote to both despair and meaninglessness."

"A life without purpose is a life in slow decline."

"The deepest human need is not for happiness but for significance."

"The will to meaning supersedes the will to pleasure and the will to power."

"We need to understand the psychological mechanisms that allow people to overcome their empathy and compassion."

"Motivation must be designed into systems; it cannot be demanded through rhetoric."

"The fully human person is motivated by love, not by fear or by the desire to control others."

"The person who does not have a sense of purpose is a person who is drifting."

"Motivation is temporary, but discipline is permanent. Build the latter."

"Desires are learned through association with pleasant stimuli."

"Motivation is nothing but response to conditioned stimuli."

"The question is not whether you will love, win and succeed or fail. The real question is: 'Are you willing to struggle?'"

"To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses one towards its conquest."

"We cannot become what we want by merely talking about it."

"Creating a more humane society begins with understanding the forces that push us toward cruelty."

"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."

"The future belongs to those who understand the mechanisms of conditioning and can apply them systematically."

"Motivation is not a mysterious force; it is simply the operation of conditioned drives and habits."

"A substantial proportion of people do what they are told to do, irrespective of the content of the act and without limitations of conscience."

"Subjects were not sadistic; they were simply obedient."

"Striving for superiority is what pushes humanity forward."

"Feeling inferior is the source of all human motivation."