Motivation Quotes

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

22152 quotes

"Ambition is a complicated thing."
Philip Roth
"Motivation comes not from external force but from internal clarity of purpose."
Carson McCullers
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"The best motivation comes from within ourselves."
Eudora Welty
"Every man contains within him the capacity for both creation and destruction."
Cormac McCarthy
N
"Every man is born with the seeds of greatness within him."
Norman Mailer
N
"The only true failure is the failure to try."
Norman Mailer
J
"Some people make things happen, some watch things happen, and some wonder what happened."
Joseph Heller
J
"Motivation comes from within, not from external forces."
Joseph Heller
"The best part of life is the struggle. Once you stop struggling, you're dead."
Cormac McCarthy
"Resentment is where every real story begins."
Philip Roth
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"The meaning of life is not found but created through action."
Saul Bellow
J
"I could have done better if I'd tried."
J.D. Salinger
J
"Destiny is just a powerful excuse for not trying."
Joseph Heller
J
"What motivates us is often what we refuse to admit."
Joseph Heller
J
"Motivation is temporary until it becomes discipline."
Joseph Heller
"We are products of our choices, not our circumstances."
Philip Roth
"The most dangerous thing is to be satisfied with yourself."
Philip Roth
N
"Motivation without direction is like a ship without a rudder."
Norman Mailer
N
"Motivation comes from knowing that what you do matters."
Norman Mailer
"There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization."
Kurt Vonnegut
"I wish you luck. Good luck means that when you live, you live well."
Kurt Vonnegut
W
"In my experience there is only one motivation, and that is desire."
William S. Burroughs
W
"The purpose of writing is to make money and get women."
William S. Burroughs
W
"Hate is a motivating force."
William S. Burroughs
"You have to want it badly enough."
David Foster Wallace
S
"Obstacles are what we see when we take our eyes off the goal."
Saul Bellow
S
"What every person seeks is recognition."
Saul Bellow
J
"Motivation is temporary; habit is permanent."
Joseph Heller
J
"Motivation is the spark; discipline is the fuel."
Joseph Heller
"Obsession is the wellspring of human achievement."
Philip Roth