Motivation Quotes

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The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead. — Aristotle
NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve. It's sad that… — Neil Armstrong
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing. — Arthur Ashe
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. — Marcus Aurelius
Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. — Marcus Aurelius
Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects… — Teresa of Avila
If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be 'liberty.' That's what inspires me and motivates me more… — Michele Bachmann
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. — Walter Bagehot
It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time. — Tallulah Bankhead
On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned. — Christiaan Barnard
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. — John Quincy Adams
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. — Samuel Beckett
God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without… — Henry Ward Beecher
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the… — Alexander Graham Bell
I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather… — Milton Berle
Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do. — Yogi Berra
Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful. — Jeff Bezos
The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it's so easy to… — Jeff Bezos
Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle. — Ken Blanchard

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