Ambition is frequently the only refuge which life has left to the denied or mortified affections. We chide at the grasping eye,… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
No person can arise above his real desire. Desires are of value only when they drive us to action. Will and work… — Ash Sweeney Copy Share Image
I dated all these girls and ended up not liking them and thought to myself, 'What was it that all of them… — Wale Copy Share Image
“One of the most important variables in whether an enterprise remains great lies in a simple question: what is the truth about… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
Money's the motivation, money's the conversation You on vacation, We gettin paid so We on paycation, I did it for the fam… — Corey BBOY BLACK Whitmore Copy Share Image
Deception, flattering, lying, deluding, talking behind the back, putting up a false front, living in borrowed splendor, wearing a mask, hiding behind… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
One of the most awesome things about sports, particularly team sports, is that everything you need to do to be successful on… — Sheila Cornell-Douty Copy Share Image
Being competitive is in my nature. I actually think being competitive saved my life. It's given me the constant drive to be… — Victoria Arlen Copy Share Image
“Life gives us struggles first and reward later. And as a writer my life's purpose is to write and tell stories. Some… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
“I guess I’m just a little worried that we might be doing this for different reasons,’ Shelley said at last. ‘But that’s… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
“Positive people like you all who spread positive energy achieve success in life. I have trained more than 10,000 students by now… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
The study of motivation goes back to the Greeks. Their sports were essential to their education. They saw in sports the integration… — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
I keep going because I doubt myself. It drives me to be better. I've learned that the mastery of self-doubt is the… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
[I have] been in love with one princess or another almost all my life, and I hope I shall go on so,… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
“You'll have to learn to take criticisms. Not everyone will be on the same ship with you...So what? Does that make you… — Marcia M Edwards Copy Share Image
There's a lie that all drivers tell themselves. Death is something that happens to other people, and that's how you find the… — James Hunt Copy Share Image
In team sports the athletes were bonded by each other, there was an immense peer pressure to keep going. One dared not… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
“What on earth would make someone a nonlearner? Everyone is born with an intense drive to learn. Infants stretch their skills daily.… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
“Recognize that there's something AMAZING about you. Everyone has something that comes very natural for them - natural gifts and talents. That… — Yvonne Pierre Copy Share Image
“A little reminder I needed today as I dive deeper into this incredible publishing journey. Surround yourself with those who lift you… — Paula Rosa Copy Share Image
“Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself. Believe in yourself, your abilities and your own… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
Unlike boxers-or any professional athlete for that matter-rowers have little motivation to do it longer than necessary. With a modest amount of… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
Pretty much at all times music motivates me. How can I say this without sounding in any way proud of myself? Obviously… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
“Maybe it fostered in me a creeping ambition-deficit disorder, but it could ease an ache. So anything worth doing could be undertaken… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
“It’s an open secret that the sneakernet is used for a lot more than moving a few dozen terabytes more quickly than… — Alex Livingston Copy Share Image
I don't think you ever want to be too settled, because once you become settled, you lose a lot of your drive.… — Andrew Bogut Copy Share Image
“The drive downtown is an experience unto itself. You're controlled by this dark energy that's about to take you to a place… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
This common and unfortunate fact of the lack of adequate presentation of basic ideas and motivations of almost any mathematical theory is… — Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov Copy Share Image
I put her on my plate then I do the dishes She my motivation, I am her transportation Cause I let her… — Khalifa Firas Copy Share Image
There were dark nights of the soul. Lonely drive home, at 3 A.M., after a wedding. Someone you know has had success.… — Sam Ryder Copy Share Image
I enjoy LA much more than I used to. I guess it becomes more tolerable when you stay there for a bit.… — Michael Cera Copy Share Image
“Habermas (1971–1973) described ideology as motivated false consciousness of social classes. He outlined the potential resolution of this false consciousness by means… — Otto F. Kernberg Copy Share Image
“Well, I think people should be able to live in a society where they can exercise these kinds of internal drives and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I never want to feel complacent, and I had started to, a little bit. I had started to feel like "I have… — Justin Long Copy Share Image
I can understand that people who have a very different view to mine are motivated by the purest of motives. All I… — Scott Morrison Copy Share Image
“There is a classic psychology experiment that seems to confirm Brewer's point. Children who enjoy drawing were given marker pens and allowed… — Matthew B. Crawford Copy Share Image
I want to write a score for a film. It can be a proper film, maybe for a film kind of like...… — Flume Copy Share Image
If you speak to a person from your own perspective, that person wont understand you. Like the air talking to water. The… — Ruben Papian Copy Share Image
I could have gone to a bigger school. I use it as motivation going to a school that loved me. I wanted… — Kawhi Leonard Copy Share Image
Motivation is something nobody else can give you. Others can help motivate you, but basically it must come from you and it… — Joe DiMaggio Copy Share Image
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