Motivation Quotes

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

22152 quotes

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"Motivation comes not from comfort, but from the call of something greater."
José de San Martín
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"Nothing is so difficult as the beginning of anything."
Simón Bolívar
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"To reform society is to engage in the greatest of all human struggles."
Benito Juárez
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"The motivation to change comes from the recognition of what could be."
Benito Juárez
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"The spirit of resistance cannot be taught in schools; it grows from the soil of injustice itself."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"In every person lies a revolutionary waiting for permission to emerge."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"Motivation comes from within when you understand your true purpose."
Emma Goldman
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"The regard of society is the natural motive for virtue in every rational being."
Adam Smith
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"The natural effort of every individual to better his condition is so powerful."
Adam Smith
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"Motivation flows from understanding your purpose."
Michel Bakunin
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"The strongest motivation comes from working toward a shared vision."
Peter Kropotkin
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"Motivation sustained comes from alignment with our values."
Peter Kropotkin
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"A soldier who understands why he fights is more powerful than an army that does not."
José de San Martín
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"I seek nothing for myself, everything for my country."
Simón Bolívar
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"In the councils of government, the wise will speak; in the hearts of men, action will follow."
Simón Bolívar
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"Pessimism may be a sign of intelligence; optimism, a sign of will."
Antonio Gramsci
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"One must be both realistic about obstacles and optimistic about possibilities."
Antonio Gramsci
"Without revolutionary theory, there can be no revolutionary movement."
Friedrich Engels
"Motivation comes from conviction in your cause."
Friedrich Engels
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"The most pathetic thing in life is the failure to achieve one's highest potential."
Emma Goldman
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"The only sin is the acceptance of a less-than-full life."
Emma Goldman
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"Motivation comes from understanding that our struggle serves future generations."
Peter Kropotkin
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"Mankind always sets itself only such tasks as it can solve."
Karl Marx
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"The task of mankind is to become more human."
Karl Marx
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"Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will."
Antonio Gramsci
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"Ideas become material forces when they capture the imagination of large numbers of people."
Antonio Gramsci
"Motivation comes from understanding one's place in larger historical forces."
Friedrich Engels
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"Motivation comes from conviction, not coercion."
Michel Bakunin
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"Motivation falters without shared vision."
Michel Bakunin
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"Motivation comes from understanding why something matters"
Emma Goldman