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 world is full of young men apparently endowed by nature with good capacities, but wanting in the determination to use them."
Andrew Carnegie
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"All that is worth doing is worth overdoing."
Andrew Carnegie
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"The greatest competitor is not your rival, but your own complacency."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"I do not apologize for my ambitions; I apologize only for not achieving them faster."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"I do not trust a man who says he has no ambition."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"I have built my life on the principle that nothing is impossible for the determined."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"I do not fear my competitors; I fear my own complacency."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"The greatest discoveries come when you abandon all expectations."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"In the space of infinite possibilities, you must choose what to amplify."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"Complacency is the enemy of progress and prosperity."
J.P. Morgan
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"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
John D. Rockefeller
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"The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles."
John D. Rockefeller
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"Opportunities come to those who are prepared to seize them."
John D. Rockefeller
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"I have always believed that hard work opens all doors."
John D. Rockefeller
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"Continuous improvement is the path to lasting success."
John D. Rockefeller
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"Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain."
Henry Ford
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"The question is not is it easy, but is it worth doing."
Henry Ford
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"All progress in art begins with refusal to accept convention."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"Motivation comes from knowing your authentic purpose."
Pauline Oliveros
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"Motivation in art comes from the need to communicate truth."
Pierre Schaeffer
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"The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor to find much fun in life."
Andrew Carnegie
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"Anything I can conceive of as possible, I ought to endeavor to make possible. That is my duty as a man."
Andrew Carnegie
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"The man who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the man doing it."
Andrew Carnegie
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"Those who believe that hard work, morality, and perseverance are virtues will inevitably find success."
Andrew Carnegie
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"If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it."
John D. Rockefeller
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"The breakfast of champions is not cereal, but rather a well-executed business plan."
John D. Rockefeller
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"Begin anywhere."
John Cage
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"People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals."
John Cage
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"Motivation comes not from others but from communion with the infinite"
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"Motivation emerges from alignment between our values and our creative work."
Pauline Oliveros