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Motivation QUOTES

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In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything.
~ Bill Clinton

“People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.”
~ Andrew Carnegie

 

* If compassion was the motivating factor behind all of our decisions, would our world not be a completely different place?
-- Sheryl Crow

* If compassion was the motivating factor behind all of our decisions, would our world not be a completely different place?
-- Sheryl Crow

"Every human action, whether it has become positive or negative, must depend on motivation."
- The Dalai Lama

"Every noble work is bound to face problems and obstacles. It is important to check your goal and motivation thoroughly. One should be very truthful, honest, and reasonable. One's actions should be good for others, and for oneself as well. Once a positive goal is chosen, you should decide to pursue it all the way to the end. Even if it is not realized, at least there will be no regret."
- The Dalai Lama

 

To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
--Tony Dorsett

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.”
-- Wayne Dyer

 

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes."
-- Benjamin Franklin

Transformationally motivated people are the growing edge of a great continuity of souls reaching back to the very earliest times.
-- Barbara Marx Hubbard

* "I feel more motivated and happy because there are people interested in our problem, people that care for us and support us in our fight for human liberty. I have a great emotion because I know now that we are not struggling alone against human rights violation.”
-- Aktham Naisse
* “The motivating force of the theory of a Democratic way of life is still a belief that as individuals we live cooperatively, and, to the best of our ability, serve the community in which we live..."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt

Many folks have asked me, ‘How do you do it and why have you sacrificed so much to do this work? The answer comes easy. I look at my daughter and find hope in that she is living in a world of struggle, of social and political movement. She and the other five-year-olds will grow up in a more just, more equitable world. She motivates me.
-- Lateefah Simon

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