Great Motivator Quotes

#1. You know how they say revenge is best served up cold? I'd say it's best not served up at all. Revenge is a great motivator, but it doesn't help achieve the desired results. I've seen guys lose buddies, then go off half-cocked, piss fuel running through their veins. Things never turned out well.

Ellen Hopkins

#2. I'm always scared to death that I won't do a role justice. But fear can be a great motivator.

Hilary Swank

#3. I find fear is a great motivator to work hard.

Greg Kinnear

#4. Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.

Edward De Bono

#5. Fear is a great motivator. Look at what 9-11 has accomplished - My god. It's slammed the economy, It's - I can't even begin to detail all it's actually done, other than bring down the buildings and hit the Pentagon. It's stunned the entire nation.

Art Bell

#6. Boredom is a great motivator.

Uma Thurman

#7. Competition among schools is always a great motivator.

John Rowland

#8. God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature, and it has often been said by philosophers, that nature is the will of God. And I prefer to say that nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see.

Frank Lloyd Wright

#9. Fear is a great motivator.

John Treacy

#10. As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.

Richard Branson

#11. The music I listen to while writing is really scene-specific. It's just a great motivator, a way to put myself in the mood.

Jeff VanderMeer

#12. Knowing that we can make a difference in this world is a great motivator. How can we know this and not be involved?

Susan Jeffers

#13. I know the Muslim psychology. It is all pomposity and bravado. I give you my word that if Islam is ridiculed publicly and systematically, it will be defeated. Shame is a great motivator as well as deterrent. Do not underestimate the power of ridicule. This is serious stuff not a laughing matter.

Ali Sina

#14. Vanity is both a great motivator and a great deceiver.

Andrew Davidson

#15. Fear can be a great motivator, just not during foreplay.

Dov Davidoff

#16. I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don't know if I'm the monarch of all I survey.

Sylvester Stallone

#17. I am a great motivator. I have struggles in my life, and the only way I can push through them is to motivate others. It really is quite selfish.

Matt Cohen

#18. Curiosity is the great motivator of an education. It's the how of learning: how we go from not knowing something to knowing it inside and out.

Zander Sherman

#19. Sometimes, to ensure that a talented individual will work for you, or will stay working with you, you need to be flexible. Money is not always the great motivator here. Talented people want a good salary, of course, but surprisingly often they are more attracted to new opportunities and challenges.

Felix Dennis

#20. The madness of love is a great motivator of new ideas.

Jeffrey Perren