Motivation Quotes

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

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"A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"To be discontented with the divine discontent is the first step to all progress."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"The obstacles you face are opportunities in disguise."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"If my life is to be spared, I should like to do something."
John Keats
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"Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise to scorn delights and live laborious days."
John Milton
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"Awake, arise, or be forever fallen."
John Milton
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"All things are ready, if our minds be so"
William Shakespeare
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"I have always believed that actions speak louder than words."
Lord Byron
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"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Methinks, I have a mighty animation to argue."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"The greatest discovery is the realization of one's own potential."
John Milton
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"I am ambitious of doing the world some good; if I should be spared, that may be my destiny."
John Keats
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"There is an indolence in me which prevents me from doing justice to myself."
John Keats
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"To do, or not to do, that is the answer"
William Shakespeare
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"The great object of life is sensation and the pursuit of it."
Lord Byron
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"The mind is everything; what you think you become."
Lord Byron
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"Every moment is an opportunity to become who you wish to be."
Lord Byron
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"Motivation is the fire that burns within; inspiration is the spark from without."
Dante Alighieri
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"The greatest motivation comes from a clear vision of purpose."
Dante Alighieri
"To begin, begin; for the beginning is the most important part of the work."
William Wordsworth
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"Do not underestimate the power of enthusiasm."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?"
John Milton
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"Ambition and revenge are but shadows that chase the wind."
John Milton
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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
Ovid
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"In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity."
Virgil
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"Men are fully alive only when they are striving."
Homer
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"Motivation comes from within, not without."
Dante Alighieri
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"Motivation is the will transformed into action."
Dante Alighieri
"Motivation fades, but discipline endures and carries us to our goals."
Geoffrey Chaucer
"Sustained motivation comes only from alignment with one's deepest values."
Geoffrey Chaucer