Top 100 Great Motivation Quotes
#1. I'm always afraid of failing. It's great motivation to work harder.
Mark Cuban
#2. On your way to the top, you always get some chriticism. Criticism is a great motivation.
Wladimir Klitschko
#3. Just having an awareness of God's mercy and compassion for us is a great motivation for us to be merciful and compassionate to other people and to take steps toward encountering God.
Jonathan Morris
#4. Imagining success can be a great motivation technique. The more you view yourself as successful, the better you will feel about yourself and the job at hand. Focusing on the positives can breed success.
Andy C.E. Brown
#5. The man without a chin, no stamina, dead man, broken man, whatever. On your way to the top, you always get some criticism. Criticism is a great motivation. Failure is not an option to me.
Wladimir Klitschko
#7. You must realize one thing. In every little village in the world there are great potential champions who only need motivation, development and good exercise evaluation.
Arthur Lydiard
#8. I'm always scared to death that I won't do a role justice. But fear can be a great motivator.
Hilary Swank
#9. The power of "can't": The word "can't" makes strong people weak, blinds people who can see, saddens happy people, turns brave people into cowards, robs a genius of their brilliance, causes rich people to think poorly, and limits the achievements of that great person living inside us all.
Robert T. Kiyosaki
#10. You can provide the conditions for the motivation of others and the leadership to help them find a way but they must have the intrinsic spark, the desire, to move, to overcome the inertia of the status quo and change things.
Graham Speechley
#11. What appears to be lacking, even in great apes, is a motivation to find means to exchange what is on each other's minds.
Thomas Suddendorf
#12. My father Big Max told me many years ago that 'anything you are good at will contribute to your happiness'. Great advice.
Max Walker
#14. In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literature, which had a great tradition and strong motivation to be that way, Polish literature changed its focus to a psychological rather than a social one.
Andrzej Wajda
#15. I don't need a belt to make me. I make the belt. I feel great and that's all that matters. I'm still heavyweight champion of the world.
James Toney
#16. As a matter of history great developments in art have often been remarkably separate from religious motivation and use.
Ruth Benedict
#17. Every great movement needs an agitator. Every leader of spiritual ideals need a John the Baptist.
William Allen White
#19. We make a great fuss about national conscience, but it consists mainly in insisting upon everyone ascribing our national policy to highly moral motives, rather than in examining what our motives really are.
Joan Robinson
#20. In a sense, we here at the FSRI are like giant wizards at the controls of an incredible machine, operating levers and buttons from behind a great tapestry to provide you with the level of motivation and direction necessary for you to succeed!
Martin Fossum
#22. The glory of God is upon you.
Arise in great might and chase your dream.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#23. Nobody wants great things for you. They all want you to be something they deem important for them.
Abhijit Naskar
#24. Too much work will create too much motivation for the strong, and a big collapse for the weak! Strength gets great strength from the challenges!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#26. You will surely succeed in life with great passion and desire for self-study.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#27. To seek the praise of men as our motivation is to abandon truly great things, for more often than not truly great things elicit the ire of men far more than they garner their praises.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
#28. The great fights with your strongest rivals are always the biggest motivation. When you win easily it's not the same taste.
Valentino Rossi
#29. Winding up unfinished business with another person can give you a great burst of positive energy.
Brian Tracy
#30. The men who seem to know most of God's power have had great, unspeakable longings, at times, for a fresh consciousness of that power.
S.D. Gordon
#31. It seems the great advantage of people who annoy us is motivation to engage in reflection.
Auliq Ice
#32. May God grant your a great grace to live the fullness of life in the coming year.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#34. Give constant attention and committed effort to your dreams, and your motivation will perpetuate itself. Demonstrate a positive attitude as you strive for great things and take care to create a supportive environment around you that amplifies your motivation.
Brendon Burchard
#36. Television is competitive now, and the great stories live on television right now. I'm finding that I'm enjoying television more than film, these days. That was my motivation to take a TV show.
Jaimie Alexander
#37. There's only one power in the world great enough to help us rise above the difficult things we face: the power of God.
Stormie O'martian
#38. My passion has been to build an enduring company where people were motivated to make great products. Everything else was secondary. Sure, it was great to make a profit, because that was what allowed you to make great products. But the products, not the profits were the motivation.
Steve Jobs
#41. Everyone who comes within the reach of your knowledge is, as it were, on trial in your mind. It is easy to be an unjust, ignorant, and even a merciless judge. The real character of the actions of others depends in great measure on the motives that prompt them, and these motives are unknown to you.
Lawrence G. Lovasik
#42. I feel amazing, in my life right now, I have so much motivation. I am so hungry and so determined. I am young, I am healthy and I feel great ... 42 is the new 32.
Oscar De La Hoya
#44. We are hoarding potentials so great they are just about unimaginable.
Jacob T. Schwartz
#45. Too bad Justice refused to let him toss live grenades to the side of the course. That would add motivation. He knew from personal experience. His personal best time for a quarter-mile run had been in Africa - while being chased by an angry rhino. Imminent death made for a great workout.
Susan Mallery
#46. I grew up when I was 15 when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half, and since then I've asked myself how I can emulate such artistry. That's really my motivation. I want to do something as good as my heroes have done.
Leonardo DiCaprio
#47. We put great expectations on our tomorrows when we truly need to rely on ourselves. Far too many overlook personal action, as a means to get things done. Blame is easily passed if one does not hold themselves accountable.
Jay Long
#48. The first thing a great person does is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#49. There will never be "the right time" in your life to do a great thing.
You must create that time and greatness will follow.
JohnA Passaro
#52. Want to make today a great day? Learn something new, reconnect with a light from your past, right a wrong, serve someone incapable of repaying you, smile at your own image and thank God for who you are and all that you have.
Toni Sorenson
#54. The spirit of God dwells in you. Recognize the great power and might of your divine-self.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#55. It's possible to be flippant here, when Jihadists fly aircraft into buildings they shout God is Great, what do atheists shout when they do it?
Martin Amis
#56. Sometimes transitional periods in life leave you feeling like a great big jumble of loose, split ends.
Brandi L. Bates
#57. A great deal has been written in recent years about the purported lack of motivation in the children of the Negro ghettos. Little in my experience supports this, yet the phrase has been repeated endlessly, and the blame in almost all cases is placed somewhere outside the classroom.
Jonathan Kozol
#58. Inspiring words are potent, and sometimes dangerous, things. They can inspire idiots and devils as well as great man.
Richard Brookhiser
#62. Unless the direction of science is guided by a consciously ethical motivation, especially compassion, its effects may fail to bring benefit. They may indeed cause great harm.
Dalai Lama XIV
#63. There's no great person that lived that didn't go through scrutiny or ridicule and prosecution in all types of ways, to be who they are in history.
Bernard Hopkins
#65. No one needs to give you permission to be great. You hold that authority.
Kevin Abdulrahman
#66. Walt Disney was a great believer in the use of song to convey story. He was primarily a storyman & story-driven songs were his 'pets.' He always asked what was going on with the song - he hated 'singing heads.' He loved learning about character & motivation thru music & lyrics.
Richard Sherman
#67. You don't have to be in a boxing ring to be a great fighter. As long as you are true to yourself, you will succeed in your fight for that in which you believe.
Muhammad Ali
#68. A moment spent in Sorrow or a moment spent in Pain is a waste of a Great Treasure that you will never get again.-RVM
R.v.m.
#69. If you facilitate your subordinates' steady progress in meaningful work, make that progress salient to them, and treat them well, they will experience the emotions, motivations, and perceptions necessary for great performance.
Teresa Amabile
#70. He's such a great kid and such a determined kid, and he's so strong.
Nonito Donaire
#71. Making systems work is the great task of my generation of physicians and scientists. But I would go further and say that making systems work - whether in healthcare, education, climate change, making a pathway out of poverty - is the great task of our generation as a whole.
Atul Gawande
#72. Three great lessons for my children; love God, love yourself and love your neighbour as yourself.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#73. Don't let past mistakes make you lose hope of achieving good. Some of those with the worst past have made a great future for themselves.
Mufti Ismail Menk
#74. Unless a person has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him ridiculous. A great occasion is worth to man exactly what his preparation enables him to make of it.
J. B. Matthews
#75. You ought to recognise your special talent, for your specific purpose.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#78. Don't be afraid when you have to pray fervently because of your circumstances. God is wanting to do something great through you!
Stormie O'martian
#79. Constantly scanning the world for the negative comes with a great cost. It undercuts our creativity, raises our stress levels, and lowers our motivation and ability to accomplish goals.
Shawn Achor
#80. One is sometimes glad not to be a great theologian; one might easily mistake it for being a good Christian.
C.S. Lewis
#81. Great Leadership sometimes requires taking a step backward in order to take a leap forward.
Todd Stocker
#82. Too many of you are doing great stuff in small ponds, it's time for a stir-up, break limits, break boundaries, breakthrough. Go, make it happen!
Bernard Kelvin Clive
#83. Too great a preoccupation with motives (especially one's own motive) is liable to lead to too little concern for consequences.
Katharine Whitehorn
#84. Skill development remains our priority. We are blessed with a demographic dividend that can take us to great heights.
Narendra Modi
#85. The enthusiasm to work hard and endless determination are the two great skills for success.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#86. Great powers can tend to be casual because the situation is not existential. This increases the cost of doing what is necessary.
George Friedman
#88. I retired simply because I didn't have the passion and motivation anymore; I was tired. At the time I thought, 'Well, I had a great time, there is the end.' At some moment, there is the right time to call it an end.
Michael Schumacher
#90. Thank God, who delivered us from great death, the doom of distress.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#93. Panic is the great access of creativity because that's the only way to get rid of your mind.
Shekhar Kapur
#95. Great power can come from memorizing scriptures. To memorize a scripture is to forge a new friendship. It is like discovering a new individual who can help in time of need, give inspiration and comfort, and be a source of motivation for needed change
Richard G. Scott
#96. I've done a number of things in the spirit of employee motivation. I tend to be a storyteller and a student of history. I often tell stories of great battles, like the battle of Thermopylae, to inspire teams who face what appear to be insurmountable odds.
Brad D. Smith
#99. We go into rural communities, and all we do - like has been done in this room [at TED] - is create the space. When these girls sit ... you unlock great leaders.
Leymah Gbowee
#100. God's creation is absolute amazing.
He is the great God of wonders.
Lailah Gifty Akita
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