Motivation Quotes — Page 41

Denis Diderot

Philosopher, Writer

“The enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.”

Real Would Be Motivation

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Denis Waitley

Author, Motivational Speaker

“Everyone is motivated a little or a lot to do something or nothing. Motivation is the internalized drive toward the dominant thought of the moment. By definition, motivation is "motive in action."”

Littles Motivation Definitions

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Brené Brown

Researcher, author, speaker

“The opposite of play is not work—the opposite of play is depression.”

Inspiration Motivation

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Brené Brown

Researcher, author, speaker

“That's what life is about: about daring greatly, about being in the arena.”

Inspiration Motivation

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Denis Waitley

Author, Motivational Speaker

“Motivation is motive in action.”

Action Motivation Motive

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Catherine Wilson

Philosopher

“In the academic setting, you take (typically) lonely, interesting middle-aged men and beautiful, intelligent young women, and everybody's motivations for display and conquest are engaged to the max. Sublimated, this can be a powerful force for the good - Plato had a lot to say about that - but acted upon it can bring evils without end.”

Beautiful Motivation Lonely

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Alan Dean Foster

Author

“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 of concentrating on the special effects, it means you're connecting with them on a personal level.”

Character Mistake Motivation

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Bruno Rossi

Physicist

“The initial motivation of the experiment which led to this discovery was a subconscious feeling for the inexhaustible wealth of nature, a wealth that goes far beyond the imagination of man.”

Men Motivation Discovery

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Brené Brown

Researcher, author, speaker

“You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.”

Inspiration Race Motivation

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Brené Brown

Researcher, author, speaker

“I became Vulnerability TED, like an action figure - like Ninja Barbie, but I'm Vulnerability TED.”

Inspiration Motivation Barbie

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Brad Alan Lewis

Author

“Unlike boxers-or any professional athlete for that matter-rowers have little motivation to do it longer than necessary. With a modest amount of self-realization, you'll know when you have acquired the nebulous gifts that rowing has to offer, whether it's courage or a strengthened soul or a powerful body. Once you have it, drop back ten yards and punt. Someone new will pick up the ball and run with it.”

Running Powerful Motivation

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Aldous Huxley

Novelist, Essayist

“Asceticism, it is evident, has a double motivation. If men and women torment their bodies, it is not only because they hope in this way to atone for past sins and avoid future punishments; it is also because they long to visit the mind's antipodes and do some visionary sightseeing.”

Men Past Motivation

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