Quotes About Intrinsic Motivation

#1. Monetary rewards are not a substitute for intrinsic motivation.

W. Edwards Deming

#2. I believe that the most joyful and intrinsic motivation human beings have for taking any action is the desire to meet our needs and the needs of others.

Marshall B. Rosenberg

#3. intrinsic motivation is the only motivation. Inspirational lightning bolts are external - they come from without and are beyond our control.

Kevin Ashton

#4. People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-esteem, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning.

W. Edwards Deming

#5. Intrinsic motivation trumps extrinsic motivation every time.

Matt Perman

#6. Intrinsic motivation is conducive to creativity; controlling extrinsic motivation is detrimental to creativity.

Daniel H. Pink

#7. People use rewards expecting to gain the benefit of increasing another person's motivation and behavior, but in so doing, they often incur the unintentional and hidden cost of undermining that person's intrinsic motivation toward the activity.

Daniel H. Pink

#8. Rewards do not undermine people's intrinsic motivation for dull tasks because there is little or no intrinsic motivation to be undermined.

Daniel H. Pink

#9. Money can extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, encourage unethical behavior, foster short-term thinking, and become addictive.

Daniel H. Pink

#10. One who is interested in developing and enhancing intrinsic motivation in children, employees, students, etc., should not concentrate on external-control systems such as monetary rewards,

Daniel H. Pink

#11. They found that enjoyment-based intrinsic motivation, namely how creative a person feels when working on the project, is the strongest and most pervasive driver.

Daniel H. Pink

#12. Most people aren't anywhere near to realizing their creative potential, in part because they're laboring in environments that impede intrinsic motivation.

Teresa Amabile

#13. I don't think it's a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to not be struggling for survival. For people who don't know where their next meal is coming, notions of finding inner motivation are comical.

Daniel H. Pink

#14. Goals may cause systematic problems for organizations due to narrowed focus, unethical behavior, increased risk taking, decreased cooperation, and decreased intrinsic motivation. Use care when applying goals in your organization.

Daniel H. Pink

#15. ultimately, open source depends on intrinsic motivation with the same ferocity that older business models rely on extrinsic motivation,

Daniel H. Pink

#16. For artists, scientists, inventors, schoolchildren, and the rest of us, intrinsic motivation-the drive to do something because it is interesting, challenging, and absorbing-is essential for high levels of creativity.

Daniel H. Pink

#17. The intrinsic motivation principle of creativity, which holds, in part: "Intrinsic motivation is conducive to creativity; controlling extrinsic motivation is detrimental to creativity."11

Daniel H. Pink

#18. Soccer must be played with the heart,not with strength and talent as perceived.

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#19. but also for the sweater most expertly knitted from hand-spun wool,

Rosamunde Pilcher

#20. The skills that got you here today are not the same ones that will take you confidently into the future. Continue to learn and adapt.

Jennifer Touma

#21. I need to experience books, not just read them.

Lauren Morrill

#22. It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear!

Anthony De Mello

#23. Understand that all motivation is internal, or intrinsic.

Del Suggs

#24. People work harder, longer, and more creatively if they are motivated by the intrinsic pleasure of their work. Managers must do everything they can to make the value of jobs obvious and the joy in them accessible.

Robert Watson

#25. Never really loved by anyone, never seeming really to love anyone either

Haruki Murakami

#26. She smiled and combed my hair with her fingers. That was always her thing. She looked straight into my eyes and said calmly, "Your father was beautiful." She didn't even hesitate. I wanted to ask her what happened to all that beauty.

Benjamin Alire Saenz

#27. I would definitely return to 'Neverland' for a sequel if there was the chance again because we all got on so well, and I think it will be great.

Charlie Rowe

#28. Sure. I'd like to live regular. Go home to a good looking wife, a hot dinner, and a husky kid. But I guess I got film in my blood. I love this racket. It's exciting. It's dangerous. It's funny. It's tough. It's heartbreaking.

Weegee

#29. 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