Motivation Quotes

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

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"To pursue physics is to engage with the deepest questions about reality."
Bell, John Stewart
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"A scientist only thinks he is working for the advancement of science; he is actually working for the advancement of his own career."
Heisenberg, Werner
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"In many-worlds, success and failure are not opposed—they simply occur in different branches."
Everett, Hugh
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"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
Bohr, Niels
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"The reason I want to be a scientist is to understand things better."
Dirac, Paul
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the highest form of human endeavor."
Dirac, Paul
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"Find something you want to do and do it with all your might."
Feynman, Richard
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"Motivation comes from within; no one can give it to you."
Wigner, Eugene
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"Motivation is the fuel for action and change."
Wigner, Eugene
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"Nothing is more important than enthusiasm."
Einstein, Albert
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"The universe rewards curiosity with revelation and persistence with discovery."
Wigner, Eugene
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"The most important quality for a scientist is genuine curiosity about how things work."
Wigner, Eugene
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"Difficulty and opposition are only opportunities in disguise."
Bohr, Niels
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"The motivation to discover mathematical truth is intrinsic."
Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
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"The depths of our ignorance must inspire our hunger for knowledge."
Hilbert, David
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"The mind that seeks always finds."
Hilbert, David
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"The desire to be recognized and appreciated is a legitimate human need."
Einstein, Albert
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"Motivation comes from within when one commits to a vision of truth."
Weyl, Hermann
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"A theorem unproven is a promise unfulfilled."
Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
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"The universe does not care whether we understand it, but we must care."
Hilbert, David
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"The pursuit of truth is the highest calling."
Frege, Gottlob
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"We must seek necessary, not merely probable, truths."
Frege, Gottlob
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"Truth is the aim of all inquiry."
Frege, Gottlob
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"The pursuit of logical rigor is never misguided."
Frege, Gottlob
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"Every problem comes bearing a gift. You seek problems because you need their gifts."
Poincaré, Henri
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"The moment we no longer face challenges is the moment we begin to decline."
Poincaré, Henri
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"The universe is indifferent to our understanding, but not to our effort."
Poincaré, Henri
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"Motivation is the fire that transforms vision into reality."
Poincaré, Henri
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"Motivation that comes from without is temporary; motivation from within is eternal."
Whitehead, Alfred North
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"The mind thirsts for understanding as the body thirsts for water."
Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan