Motivation Quotes

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

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"The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated."
George Eliot
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"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking."
William Butler Yeats
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"It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action."
Charlotte Brontë
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"The people who say it cannot be done should get out of the way of those doing it."
George Bernard Shaw
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"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail."
Oscar Wilde
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"To live without purpose is to merely exist."
Anne Brontë
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"I believe in the power of quiet determination."
Anne Brontë
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"I believe that hardship is often the crucible of greatness."
Anne Brontë
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"The future belongs to those who believe in it."
Emily Brontë
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"Motivation comes not from without but from the depths of conviction."
Thomas Hardy
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"Motivation fades; discipline endures."
Thomas Hardy
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"The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another."
George Eliot
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"Better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness"
Charles Dickens
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"The only true failure is in not attempting to try"
Charles Dickens
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"Motivation is found in purpose, not in external reward."
Anne Brontë
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"Motivation sustained by principle outlasts all others."
Anne Brontë
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"One life, one body, one heart. Let us not waste it on small ambitions."
Émile Zola
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"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
Émile Zola
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"The greatest works are often produced under great stress."
George Bernard Shaw
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"Unrest has driven me to excel in my studies and creative pursuits."
Emily Brontë
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"I am driven by a fire that cannot be extinguished by external circumstances."
Emily Brontë
"Duty is a mysterious voice that calls from the future."
Gustave Flaubert
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"Our deeds are not like children that are born and left; they live continually in our world."
George Eliot
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"The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated."
George Eliot
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"Motivation flows from a sense of purpose and meaning in our endeavors."
George Eliot
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"A man who folds his sleeves up can do anything"
Charles Dickens
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"Progress requires both vision and determination"
Charles Dickens
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"Motivation springs from purpose, not from comfort"
Charles Dickens
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"Motivation comes from believing in something greater than oneself."
Émile Zola
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"Without promotion, something terrible happens... nothing."
Alexandre Dumas