Motivation Quotes
When you need a push, these words deliver. The fuel for getting started and keeping going.
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"I must do something of an active nature."Pip
"The world rewards those who act with purpose."Monte Cristo
"We are defined not by our circumstances but our choices."Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
"The thing that moved my very soul to that mad intensity is as much a mystery to me as it is to you."Captain Ahab
"I am not mad; I am merely contemplating my revenge"Edmond Dantès
"Motivation comes from within, not from external rewards."Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
"Man can endure anything if he has something to live for"Levin
"I must do something or I shall wear my life away"Pip
"Action speaks louder than words."Sancho Panza
"Motivation comes from purpose, not desire."Levin
"A life without purpose is like a ship without a rudder, adrift on endless seas."Don Quixote
"Great deeds require great sacrifice."Don Quixote
"Fortune helps the bold and brave, but abandons the fearful and craven."Don Quixote
"The proof of a good intention lies in the act."Don Quixote
"The greatest pleasure in life is to accomplish what people think you cannot do."Edmond Dantès
"What matters is not what we do, but why we do it"Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
"Motivation comes from within the heart."Sancho Panza
"To be or not to be is not the question; to act or not to act is."Don Quixote
"What is to be done?"Raskolnikov
"I have learned that destiny is not written; it is chosen."Monte Cristo
"The pursuit of an impossible dream often achieves more than the chase of possible goals."Don Quixote
"In the arena of human life, the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action."Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
"I wanted to help all mankind... but I could not even help one person"Raskolnikov
"I sought to be a benefactor, but I became a murderer"Raskolnikov
"I wanted to help my mother, and the old money-lender was always in the way."Raskolnikov
"Mediocrity is the worst curse of humanity."Emma Bovary
"The more reasonable you are, the less chance of anything great happening to you."Dmitri Karamazov
"People are always unhappy when they feel they can improve their situation."Natasha Rostova
"Ambition is a human quality."Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
"A life without purpose is a life half-lived."Jean Valjean