Motivations Quotes

94 quotes by 90 authors

Every runner has a specific motivation and inspiration for running a marathon. This year, all 36,000 of us will 'run together' to demonstrate the spirit… — Meb Keflezighi
As my body lay dead on that stretcher (he later recovered from being struck by lightning attracted by his cell phone), I was reliving every… — Dannion Brinkley
It becomes the urgent duty of mathematicians, therefore, to meditate about the essence of mathematics, its motivations and goals and the ideas that must bind… — Richard Courant
Mathematics is the study of analogies between analogies. All science is. Scientists want to show that things that don't look alike are really the same.… — Gian-Carlo Rota
The motivations of a scientist are always mixed and complex... every medical student has the desire to do good in the world. Making a small… — Gustav Nossal
The only lifelong, reliable motivations are those that come from within, and one of the strongest of those is the joy and pride that grow… — Lloyd Dobyns
Regardless of anyone's dietary motivations, the healthiest lifestyle is the one that's most compassionate. — Steve-O
I believe fervently in the nature, in truth and imagination, I believe in the blood, in life, words, and motivations. — Gael Garcia Bernal
A writer can't just be well-educated or good at research; to build a living, breathing world with interesting characters, you have to write from the… — Lynn Flewelling
Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters. When readers start asking about character motivations instead… — Alan Dean Foster
Human beings are 'emotional amoral egoists,' driven above all by emotional self-interest. All of our thoughts, beliefs and motivations are neurochemically mediated, some predetermined for… — Nayef Al-Rodhan
Faith in the gospel restructures our motivations, our self-understanding, our identity, and our view of the world. Behavioral compliance to rules without heart-change will be… — Timothy Keller
Existence permeates sexuality and vice versa, so that it is impossible to determine, in a given decision or action, the proportion of sexual to other… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
In the United States, it is now possible for a person eighteen years of age, female as well as male, to graduate from high school,… — Urie Bronfenbrenner
How can the intensity of this shame be understood by those who have never experienced it? How can they understand the strength of the motivations… — Didier Eribon
While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental… — Andrew Solomon
Praise and reward create a system of extrinsic motivations for behavior. Children (and adults) end up taking action in order to receive the praise or… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The journey of consciousness, of mysticism, is to come to know yourself and your own motivations. — Caroline Myss
Sometimes as you work, you find that you are learning things about your own perceptions and motivations that are way below you consciousness. If you… — Jay Maisel
The motivations of men. They never make sense. And they always make sense. — Brandon Sanderson

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