Motivation Quotes

"Resistance begins where we refuse to accept the world as it is given to us."

"Propaganda works on the masses, persuasion on individuals."

"We are responsible not only for what we do but for what we fail to do."

"Passion and interest are the driving forces of historical development."

"Purpose without understanding leads to mere striving without direction."

"Motivation comes not from external rewards but from internal conviction."

"Motivation is the energy we find when our values align with our actions."

"Desire is the very essence of man."

"Striving is the essence of being."

"The basis of all desire is the desire for self-preservation."

"The contradiction in human nature is its driving force"

"Motivation arises from recognizing what ought to be"

"Motivation comes from within; no one can give it to you."

"First, I place for a general inclination of all mankind a perpetual and restless desire of power."

"The desire of glory from conquest is a natural passion."

"Imitation and the desire to emulate are natural to man."

"Man naturally desires to be approved of, and to avoid disapproval."

"The desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, believed, approved of, and admired is one of the strongest of all our natural desires."

"Motivation arises when we understand our place in the greater whole."

"Motivation is the alignment of desire with duty."

"Insofar as the mind understands all things as necessary, it has a greater power of acting."

"Ambition is the desire for living according to the standards of the crowd."

"The passions that incline men to peace are fear of death, desire of such things as are necessary to commodious living, and a hope by their industry to obtain them."

"Every man is presumed to seek what is good for himself naturally, without instruction."

"Ambition is the root of all misery."

"The first law of nature commands us to preserve ourselves."

"We are authors of our own destiny."

"Motivation comes from understanding your purpose."

"Motivation begins with self-belief."

"Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature."