Motivation Quotes

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

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"Motivation fades, but purpose endures forever."
Colby M. Chester
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"In every setback lies the opportunity for a greater comeback."
Elbert Gary
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"Motivation without character is merely ambition—often the servant of vice."
Elbert Gary
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"Motivation comes and goes; discipline is what remains when motivation fades."
Charles Flint
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"I never accept that something cannot be improved."
Elmer Sperry
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"I have found that improvement has no final destination, only milestones."
Elmer Sperry
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"The price of progress is the willingness to fail repeatedly."
Elmer Sperry
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"The comfortable life produces no inventors, only consumers."
Elmer Sperry
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"The human need for meaning at work is as fundamental as the need for fair wages."
Whiting Williams
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"A worker who feels heard will move mountains for his employer."
Whiting Williams
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"A man works best when he works for something greater than himself."
Whiting Williams
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"The best motivation is not fear of poverty but hope for purpose."
Whiting Williams
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"A worker's sense of belonging determines far more than his wage determines his productivity."
Whiting Williams
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"The world does not care about your excuses; it judges your results."
Thomas J. Watson Sr.
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"Ordinary people with commitment can do extraordinary things."
Charles Schwab
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"Fortune favors action, not contemplation."
Charles Schwab
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"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it."
Charles Schwab
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"The only thing standing between you and your goals is the story you keep telling yourself."
Charles Schwab
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"Every man is capable of great things if he believes in himself."
John C. Fremont
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"Motivation is temporary; discipline is permanent—choose the latter."
Colby M. Chester
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"Motivation is fleeting; commitment is forever—build on the latter."
Colby M. Chester
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"The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself."
James Fisk
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"Get busy living or get busy dying."
James Fisk
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"Believe you can and you're halfway there."
James Fisk
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"Strive for progress, not perfection."
James Fisk
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"Motivation is temporary, but discipline is eternal."
Charles Flint
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"Motivation is temporary, but the desire to grow is eternal."
Charles Flint
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"I am driven by ambition, not compassion"
Jay Gould
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"I am driven by the desire for power and wealth"
Jay Gould
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"The mind of an engineer should be restless, always seeking improvement."
Elmer Sperry