Motivation Quotes

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

22152 quotes

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"The greatest discovery of our generation is that humans can alter their lives by changing their attitudes."
Pierre Bezukhov
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"One moment of perfection is worth more than a lifetime of mediocrity."
Raskolnikov
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"Ambition destroys more lives than war ever could."
Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
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"Nothing great is ever accomplished without passion and ruin."
Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
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"Motivation springs from purpose and principle."
Monte Cristo
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"I must act, not think!"
Raskolnikov
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"Everything comes to those who wait, but those who are active gain more."
Pierre Bezukhov
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"I'm going to make a list of all the things I've got to do."
Jay Gatsby
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"The truth is, it's a terrible life if you let it be."
Tom Buchanan
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"Man is born for action—to be doing something, to be having an effect."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
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"The greatest achievements require the greatest sacrifices."
Raskolnikov
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"The human spirit is indomitable when fueled by purpose."
Edmond Dantès
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"As Atticus once said, simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us to try to win"
Scout Finch
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"A man is truly alive only when he is struggling for a purpose"
Pierre Bezukhov
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"I am not running away from my sufferings, I am running towards something"
Ivan Karamazov
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"We can make it if we try."
Randle McMurphy
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"Ambition drives men forward, but wisdom teaches them when to stop."
General Kutuzov
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"I have a longing for life, and I go on living in spite of logic"
Dmitri Karamazov
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"The greatest tragedy is to live without purpose."
Ivan Karamazov
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"I have a terrible thirst for life, and I go on living in spite of logic"
Dmitri Karamazov
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"He had decided to live forever, or die."
Yossarian
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"I feel I ought to do something about it. But I don't feel like doing it."
Bernard Marx
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"I just want to do my best."
Billy Bibbit
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"I came to help you guys."
Randle McMurphy
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"Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try and win."
Atticus Finch
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"Motivation comes from spite when hope is gone."
Randle McMurphy
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"There's nothing wrong with you that you can't fix yourself."
Randle McMurphy
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"You're only crazy if you believe you're crazy."
Randle McMurphy
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"Life's purpose is discovered through service to others."
Pierre Bezukhov
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"You can't stop a man who wants to live."
Randle McMurphy