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 more successful the villain, the more successful the picture."
Benjamin Disraeli
"The human species cannot be too much on its guard against any doctrine which may tend to make it supine."
John Stuart Mill
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"Whoever attempts to discourage a man from pursuing happiness is his enemy."
Jeremy Bentham
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"All energy comes from pleasure and pain, the pursuit and avoidance of them."
Jeremy Bentham
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"All motivation springs from the desire for pleasure or the avoidance of pain."
Jeremy Bentham
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"I must work."
Queen Victoria
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"Ambition is the grand moving principle of every illustrious action."
Prince Metternich
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"The world rewards action, not intention."
Prince Metternich
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"Motivation comes not from external rewards, but from inner conviction."
Queen Victoria
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"I hold that the great question of our time is not politics, but the condition of the people."
Lord Palmerston
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"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."
Lord Palmerston
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"The great object of my life has been to elevate the condition of man."
William Gladstone
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"Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair."
Edmund Burke
"Motivation comes from within."
Wilhelm II
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"The greatest delight in life is doing what people say you cannot do."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"We are all ready to be savage in some cause; the question is what cause."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"Strong convictions precede great actions."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"Energy and persistence are the keys to unlocking the doors of fortune."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"The future is written by those who dare to act."
Lord Palmerston
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"The price of inaction is often greater than the cost of action."
Lord Palmerston
L
"The greatest threat to a nation is complacency."
Lord Palmerston
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"I have learned that motivation comes from within, not from without."
Queen Victoria
Q
"True motivation comes from aligning our actions with our values."
Queen Victoria
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"Aspire to the highest, and never think it a crime to labor."
William Gladstone
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"The price of progress is eternal vigilance against complacency."
William Gladstone
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"The future will judge us not by our intentions, but by our actions."
Prince Metternich
"Motivation comes not from without, but from within the human spirit."
Wilhelm II
"Motivation fades when one loses sight of purpose and principle."
Wilhelm II
"One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests."
John Stuart Mill
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"We are all born for a purpose, and that purpose is to make the world better."
Benjamin Disraeli