Quotes on Motivation

Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.

To unpathed waters, undreamed shores.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

Well done is better than well said.