Motivation Quotes

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

22152 quotes

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"We cannot afford to waste the talents of half our population."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
C
"The power to change the world begins with the power to change ourselves."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
B
"Motivation comes from within; inspiration comes from without."
Booth Tarkington
B
"Motivation is the spark; persistence is the fire."
Booth Tarkington
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"The question is not whether we will be judged by history, but what we will be judged for."
Upton Sinclair
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"Motivation comes from purpose; purpose comes from reflection."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
"America is always ready to find genius in a man."
Sherwood Anderson
"Motivation comes from within, not from external rewards."
Sherwood Anderson
"Motivation is the fuel of achievement."
Sherwood Anderson
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"Motivation is temporary; discipline is permanent."
O. Henry
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"A certain recklessness seized her—a sort of desperation."
Kate Chopin
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"Motivation is a fire from within; inspiration comes from without."
Booth Tarkington
U
"The motivation that lasts is born from genuine belief in a cause."
Upton Sinclair
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"The function of man is to live, not merely to exist. I shall not waste my days."
Jack London
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"One cannot be pessimistic and live an abundant life."
Jack London
J
"The world demands action, not sentiment."
Jack London
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"Every person has the capacity for greatness if they choose to use it."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"The only true failure is the failure to try."
O. Henry
"What man wants is not talent, it is purpose."
Sherwood Anderson
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"As long as I am alive I will try to make the world what I want it to be."
Gertrude Stein
B
"Motivation is internal; inspiration comes from without."
Booth Tarkington
J
"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."
Jack London
U
"I write in order that my voice may become a trumpet for human justice."
Upton Sinclair
U
"The enemy of progress is not opposition, but apathy."
Upton Sinclair
"Motivation blooms from within when purpose is clear."
Sherwood Anderson
"Motivation without action is merely daydreaming."
Sherwood Anderson
"Motivation fades unless grounded in authentic purpose."
Sherwood Anderson
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"Motivation comes from understanding why you do what you do."
Gertrude Stein
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"You must get to work, and you can accomplish anything if you have enough faith and determination."
Upton Sinclair
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"I have seen what hunger and poverty do to the human spirit, and I am determined to fight against it."
Upton Sinclair