Able Quote by Henry Cloud

Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

— John Lancaster Spalding

It is action that creates motivation.

— Steve Backley

False encouragement is a kind of theft: it steals time, energy, and motivation a person could put toward some other purpose.

— Sam Harris

“Give the brain encouragement from study, from thinking, from visualizing and no drugs are needed.”

— Louis L'Amour

It is only when a person has his own generator that we can talk about motivation. He then needs no outside stimulation. He wants…

— Frederick Herzberg

“Much like addictive drugs, power uses ready-made reward circuitries in the brain, producing extreme pleasure.”

— Nayef Al-Rodhan

Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast

— Minna Antrim

Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior.

— Denis Waitley

Enthusiasm is intensified enjoyment of what you are doing.

— Eckhart Tolle

Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.

— Carol S. Dweck

Social psychology has found the more you reward people for doing something, the more they tend to lose interest in whatever they had to…

— Alfie Kohn

It is just more rewarding to do things in a supportive environment.

— Alan Mulally