Motivation Quotes

"Man is born with a faculty and an inclination to know."

"In the arena of human life, the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action."

"Motivation arises from a sense of purpose and responsibility."

"Ambition, avarice, self-love, vanity, friendship, generosity, public spirit—these passions, mixed in various degrees, and distributed through society, have been from the beginning of the world, and still are the source of all actions and enterprises."

"Motivation comes not from external rewards, but from the intrinsic desire for improvement."

"Desire is the very essence of man insofar as it is determined to do anything by some cause external to itself."

"Wherever there is increase in one's power of acting and being, there is good."

"The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition is the principal force that accumulates wealth and power."

"Men are continually in competition for honor and dignity."

"The appetites of men are the rule of their actions."

"The desire of reputation is the desire of making others love us."

"All desires spring from the desire for power."

"I do not wish to be the Washington of South America; I wish only to liberate it."

"Every man has the capacity to be great."

"La esperanza mueve montañas cuando va acompañada de acción."

"To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches among men."

"Great minds are characterized by a perpetual activity."

"A man who says impossible is usually interrupted by someone doing it."

"Our struggle teaches that impossible is merely the opinion of those who haven't tried."

"La visión clara es el primer paso hacia la acción."

"Ambition and fear are the two primary forces that drive human behavior."

"Men are conscious of their desire and ignorant of the causes by which they are determined."

"The future is built by those who act with purpose."

"The future is determined by the choices we make today."

"The love of praise and the fear of blame are principles of action which every man feels more or less."

"The desire of being believed, the desire of being approved, are some of the strongest desires of human nature."

"Ambition is a powerful passion, but is not always vicious."

"No passion is so human as the desire for reputation."

"Motivation fades; principle endures."

"Motivation is sparked by belief in what is possible."