Motivation Quotes

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

22152 quotes

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"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
Maxim Gorky
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"The future is not determined; it is created."
Maxim Gorky
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"Motivation comes from within the heart."
Ivan Turgenev
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"Ambition is the curse of every noble heart."
Aleksandr Pushkin
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"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life."
Anton Chekhov
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"Motivation is borrowed courage; inspiration is discovered truth."
Mikhail Lermontov
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"We become what we repeatedly tell ourselves we are."
Mikhail Lermontov
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"Curiosity is the engine of all human progress."
Vladimir Nabokov
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"We are prisoners of our own desires and appetites."
Nikolai Gogol
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"Motivation springs from necessity, not from hope."
Nikolai Gogol
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"The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for"
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass"
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"The worst thing a person can do is to settle for less than they deserve."
Maxim Gorky
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"A person's actions speak louder than their words or intentions ever could."
Maxim Gorky
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"Motivation comes not from others, but from a clear sense of personal purpose."
Maxim Gorky
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"Motivation without action is merely dreaming."
Ivan Turgenev
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"Motivation must come from within or it is hollow."
Ivan Turgenev
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"Every word spoken has the power to change a life."
Aleksandr Pushkin
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"The greatest tragedy is unlived potential."
Mikhail Lermontov
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"Motivation comes not from hope, but from necessity."
Mikhail Lermontov
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"Motivation without direction is merely restless energy."
Nikolai Gogol
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"Motivation fades; only discipline and purpose endure."
Nikolai Gogol
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"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
Anton Chekhov
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"Motivation without meaning is destined to fail."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"Motivation comes from within; inspiration comes from without."
Ivan Turgenev
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"Motivation ignites the spark; perseverance keeps it burning."
Ivan Turgenev
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"We mistake our restlessness for ambition and call it progress."
Mikhail Lermontov
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"I have tried to live meaningfully and failed, yet the attempt redeems me."
Mikhail Lermontov
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"The movements which work revolutions in the world are born out of deep convictions."
James Joyce
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"All progress is born from dissatisfaction."
Fyodor Dostoevsky