Motivation Quotes

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

22152 quotes

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"Information alone rarely changes behavior. You need to also change the environment or the incentives."
Thaler, Richard
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"Motivation comes from clarity of purpose, not external pressure."
Lehrer, Keith
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"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
BonJour, Laurence
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"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
BonJour, Laurence
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"Strive for progress, not perfection."
BonJour, Laurence
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"We are more motivated by losses than gains."
Kahneman, Daniel
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"Motivation comes from internal conviction"
Goldman, Alvin
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"Motivation sustained by purpose endures"
Goldman, Alvin
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"The greatest lie we tell ourselves is that we're not ready yet."
Pollock, John
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"The world doesn't owe you success; it only owes you the opportunity to try."
Pollock, John
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"Framing is everything—the same choice presented differently yields different decisions."
Tversky, Amos
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"The best predictor of future behavior is often past behavior, yet we underweight it."
Tversky, Amos
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"Motivation is the spark; discipline is the fire."
BonJour, Laurence
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"Motivation fades; purpose endures."
BonJour, Laurence
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"The passionate pursuit of truth is the highest intellectual calling."
Sosa, Ernest
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"The pursuit of understanding is among the highest human activities."
Sosa, Ernest
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"Motivation comes from within, not without."
Williamson, Timothy
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"Motivation fades, but discipline endures."
Lehrer, Keith
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"Motivation is the spark; discipline is the sustained flame."
BonJour, Laurence
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"Motivation without purpose is mere distraction."
BonJour, Laurence
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"I painted out of a sense of necessity."
Pollock, John
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"Motivation gets you started; habit keeps you going."
BonJour, Laurence
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"Motivation comes from purpose, not from pressure."
Edgington, Dorothy
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"True motivation emerges from alignment with values."
Edgington, Dorothy
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"Motivation comes from within."
Nolan, Daniel
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"Motivation sustained by external reward is fragile; internal motivation endures."
Goldman, Alvin
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"Motivation is the spark; discipline is the fire."
Mares, Edwin
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"Motivation without action is mere fantasy."
Mares, Edwin
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"Motivation comes from meaningful inquiry."
Priest, Graham
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"Motivation comes not from external forces, but from internal alignment with our values."
Sosa, Ernest