Motivational Quotes (610 Quotes)

For me, this is like my cathedral. But I wasn't using what happened to me as motivation. I just poured my heart and soul into it.

Joe has picked up right where he left off last season. There has been no sophomore slump or slide of any kind. I think part of the reason is that Joe has great internal motivation.

I think there was a lack of motivation in the first half. It was a long weekend and after not scoring in the first half they got a little down. They settled down in the second half. We didn't have many dangerous chances but we possessed the ball better.

I think there have been real difficulties and problems in the Milosevic trial. What will be important is the evidence that was presented to indicate the motivation and intent of Milosevic.

I wouldn't say it is motivation, but more learning how to win against quality teams.

We were playing for No. 30 tonight. That was our motivation. He's a three-year starter and he's been denied half his senior year.

If that's how they want to play, they can look at the time sheet after the second run. I'm getting tired of it. That was a little bit of motivation on the second run.

The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving.

She doesn't dwell on negative things. She uses it for motivation, in a positive way. She's focused. She's a pleaser, no matter who, where or what. She just loves people and is a real team player. She loves people and she wants to make sure everyone's involved and a part of the fun.

If this is part of an analysis to review whether or not different training should be deployed, nobody is going to have a problem with that. But if on the other hand the motivation is to punish an officer for actions that were previously approved, I think that process then becomes patently unfair.

I take this as motivation. It's nothing to be upset about. I can't take away and nobody else can take away what I've done this season.

Our motivation was way up. We felt like we needed to come out and prove ourselves.

Although advertising is communication unusually candid about its motivation, Americans love to loathe it. As society becomes more complex and opaque, as social processes seem more impersonal and autonomous, and as elites of experts become more annoying, more people are tempted to think that some they is manipulating us, using, among other dark arts, advertising.

It was an added motivation. I was happy when I found out I would be playing her.

I am very excited to confirm that I will be joining B.A.R. Honda in 2006. I wish to thank everyone at Ferrari for six fantastic years. I have won many races with them and I am proud to have helped the team, to date, to win five Constructors' World Championships. However my target remains winning the drivers' title and to achieve that I felt that I needed a renewed motivation.

Losing to Carolina and then to Maryland was tough for us, but it came at the right time. It just gave this team a lot of motivation. We learned from it, we were positive with one another and it's showing.

I don't know if it is his job as captain to give the other team any more motivation,

It's easy to pick on foreigners. But whatever the motivation is ... it seems silly.

This is the last time I will get to play with this group of players. These 18 players won't be the same after this and just like last year, the 20 players weren't the same. Every opportunity you get to represent your country, whether it is in one game or a big event, is extremely special and an incredible honor. This tournament is no different. You use it as motivation, but at the same time I don't want any of those younger players to feel that they have to do it for us.

The man who did it, we have arrested. So we are trying to find out who he is, who he is representing really and what was his motivation,

We're very lucky to get another chance. It's a great opportunity. We have some unfinished business. We got that feeling of what it's like to watch another team celebrate at the end of the season. We can use that for motivation, because we don't want to let that happen to us again.

Any time you play well, it boosts your confidence and adds motivation. It's definitely something I can build on for the fall.

Those guys are religious followers. That's a great place to go to improve your skills and get some great motivation.

If it's a world-killing asteroid, well then it's all about motivation.

When I sit down at a piano, I feel what's going on in my life and what led up to it. Certain songs are born from that motivation.

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

The overseer of the unskilled peasants who dragged stone for the pyramids did not concern himself with morale or motivation,

The No. 1 thing I want people to take away is the motivation to be able to make a difference in their situation. People need to believe that where they are now doesn't have to be where they end up.

But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move around. I'm always moving around.

I think it's a huge advantage because our comfort level is good at home. We play in front of our own crowd so the excitement level is there. The kids' families are all here so it's just a comfortable place, they don't need any added any motivation when their at home.

Where's the motivation to drive stocks higher. I thought that we could have done better, but there was no real motivation to move things higher or lower.

I'm not surprised when (Yao) plays well. He is prepared every day. He works hard every day. He's one of the few guys who doesn't need outside motivation. He is without question the best regular-season center in basketball.

This is the most critical line in the dirt in our state's history. Not only for the disaster but for the opportunity it has created. In the past, we have either not had the motivation or the money or the consensus.

The fears are baseless. I think it's pretty clear to us that the motivation for this is not the accusation itself ... The motivation is an effort to detract from the government's increasingly deficient record of cooperation.

It gives me a lot of motivation to achieve the double for the last time. It not only brings glory to my country but to myself. It's a wonderful opportunity.

The greatest thing is the motivation, it makes you kick into gear, being around all these people who are so passionate about writing - it is contagious,

I hope I can always defend titles or win titles I haven't won yet, and just play a good season, win many matches. I enjoy that and have no trouble with motivation.

To the contrary, if that person had no specific goal in mind and the end of the week were approaching, they probably would not pull out all the stops like the goal setter would. Goal setters tend to have a very clear picture of what they are trying to achieve and that in itself is a source of motivation.

I do not condemn material things as satanic. The deciding factor is the man who controls them and uses them. If your motivation is absolutely God-centered, absolutely unselfish, then the material things are there for you to utilize for the benefit of humanity.

Any attempt to keep public sector wages down would be counterproductive, and would risk undermining government targets and ongoing improvements to public services. Proper pay is the key to providing decent public services. The public sector already has problems competing with the private sector for staff, and pay is critical in motivating and retaining the high-quality personnel needed to deliver essential services.

Our motivation isn't to provide sticky services.

I can't begin to understand his motivation.

We wanted to design a program that all girls could participate in, even if they don't have a parent in their life. We want them to connect with a caring adult be exposed to the working world's opportunities in a way that boosts their self-esteem and motivation.

What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery.

This is my senior year I've got that extra bit of motivation.

We came out with a lot of motivation tonight. We believe our team can go far this year, but we have to come out and play hard every night to realize our dream.

The absolute motivation was really to give clarity and certainty to all our ecosystems so we can really start our new fiscal year with no more of the noise and distraction of this suit.

With the crowd out there and the motivation with charity and people being behind him, he will definitely finish. Even if he has to crawl, he is going to finish.

He handled it the way we hoped he would. We told him that he could pitch here and that we believed in him. Use it as motivation.

The deadline serves a valuable purpose in motivating people to pay attention.