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 is a story we tell ourselves about why our efforts matter."
Austin Clarke
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"Motivation comes from within, not without."
Seamus Heaney
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"Motivation comes from knowing your purpose."
Padraig Colum
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"Motivation dies without purpose."
Padraig Colum
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"Motivation is borrowed power; inspiration is the soul's own force."
Fernando Pessoa
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"Motivation comes and goes; commitment remains."
Austin Clarke
"The world changes when ordinary people do extraordinary things with courage."
Patrick Kavanagh
"Every person who changed the world started by believing they could."
Patrick Kavanagh
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"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today."
Christy Brown
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"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
Christy Brown
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"Believe you can and you're halfway there."
Christy Brown
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"Nothing is impossible to a willing heart."
Christy Brown
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"Motivation fades, but discipline endures; this is the secret of those who accomplish anything."
José María de Eça de Queirós
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"Motivation is what gets you started; habit is what keeps you going."
Seán Ó Faoláin
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"We are defined not by what happens to us, but by how we respond."
Christy Brown
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"Motivation fades, but discipline endures when it's rooted in purpose."
Christy Brown
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"To motivate others, one must first master the art of self-motivation."
Padraig Colum
"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because you want them to do it"
Frank O'Connor
"Every day is a chance to begin again"
Frank O'Connor
"Motivation fades, but discipline carries you through"
Patrick Kavanagh
"Motivation is the luxury of the uncommitted"
Patrick Kavanagh
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"In the telling of stories, we transform our pain into purpose."
Austin Clarke
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"Hope without action is despair; action without hope is futility."
Austin Clarke
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"Motivation fades, but discipline endures."
Seán Ó Faoláin
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"Motivation is the fire within that no circumstance can entirely extinguish."
Austin Clarke
"Motivation is borrowed enthusiasm; inspiration is your own fire"
Patrick Kavanagh
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"Motivation comes from within; inspiration comes from without."
Sean O'Casey
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"Motivation without action is merely a dream."
Sean O'Casey
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"Every achievement, no matter how small, is proof that we are stronger than our circumstances."
Christy Brown
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"Motivation comes from within when external circumstances are beyond your control."
Christy Brown