Motivated Quotes - Page 16

• Leadership is more likely to be assumed by the aggressive than by the able, and those who scramble to the top are more often motivated by their own inner torments.

  Bergen Evans

  Leadership, Able, Aggressive

  Bergen Evans (1954). “The Spoor of Spooks: And Other Nonsense”, New York : Knopf

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• I had no problems staying motivated because things that were happening were things I looked forward to.

  Mario Andretti

  Problem, Staying, Happenings

  "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell, www.littlepocketguide.com.

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• We have some straight journalism, but then we have opinion and perspective. And I think a lot of people, especially young people, don't know how to tell the difference, and aren't motivated to tell the difference.

  Susan Rice

  Thinking, Differences, People

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• Revenge was the emptiest of emotions. Apparently it motivated people to do the stupidest things as well.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Revenge, People, Emotion

  Jeaniene Frost (2010). “One Foot in the Grave: A Night Huntress Novel”, p.182, Hachette UK

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• What we tried to do in 13th was get to the bottom of that. What were they motivated by? But certainly the attention that the Attorney General's office paid to it allowed for there to be some dialogue across the aisle that I think were the first steps then in change.

  Ava DuVernay

  Thinking, Office, Attention

  Source: deadline.com

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• I know I'm not normal in this, but [ Severus ] Snape is absolutely my favorite character in the Harry Potter books. He is completely mortal - good, bad, strong, weak, motivated by hatred, motivated by love. A gorgeous, compelling, complex character who definitely earns a spot at my table.

  Megan Chance

  Strong, Book, Character

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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• I pretend no originality in observing that mass education was motivated in part by the perceived need to "educate them to keep them from our throats," to borrow Ralph Waldo Emerson's parody of elite fears that inspired early advocates of public mass education.

  Noam Chomsky

  Needs, Originality, Inspired

  Source: www.publicanthropology.org

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• It’s just been my experience that some kinds of working relationships are better motivated by fear than by monetary gain.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Gains, Kind, Monetary

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• I could not but wonder at the queen's unprecedented civility, until I realized with a flush of shame that it was my own improved behavior that motivated hers. So it is that we in life determine our own treatment.

  Catherine Gilbert Murdock

  Queens, Wonder, Shame

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• We have certain demons who are motivated by the smell of food. They tend to get rather violent whenever they smell it. I personally wouldn’t be caught eating anything because I would end up dead. You might not. But you’d still have to fight them, and since some of them are rather ugly and really, really smelly, it might spoil your appetite. Then again, maybe not. Doesn’t spoil Noir’s. I think it makes him hungrier, especially when he guts them. Sick, but true. (Asmodeus)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Fighting, Thinking, Smell

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Dream Warrior”, p.93, Macmillan

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• The attack on Social Security is similarly motivated. Social Security is based on the conception is that we should have sympathy for others, not function merely as isolated "rational wealth maximizers."

  Noam Chomsky

  Should Have, Wealth, Social

  Source: www.publicanthropology.org

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• I'm motivated by my passion for our basic values, protecting our interests, and for protecting the future.

  John F. Kerry

  Passion, Interest, Values

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• Donations to my legal defense fund really help, and I think keeping me motivated and spreading the message are also very important.

  Chelsea Manning

  Thinking, Important, Messages

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Instead of physical objects, (in order to have faith in myself) I have my personal mottos/charms to keep myself motivated and then I smack my chest.

  Yunho

  Order, Have Faith, Motto

  Source: lovetohateme.wordpress.com

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• I'm more motivated, and I'm just working harder every single day, so it shows in the music, and it shows in the fan base, it shows in all areas when you're bringing it like that.

  SonReal

  Fans, Shows, Harder

  Source: www.thecomeupshow.com

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• You see something very important is happening. Personality is being eaten out, and with that the idealism that always motivated an anarchist movement - the belief in something, the ideal that there is something worth fighting for.

  Murray Bookchin

  Fighting, Personality, Important

  Source: robertgraham.wordpress.com

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• It is unlikely that many people will take to heart the conclusion that coming into existence is always a harm. It is even less likely that many people will stop having children. By contrast, it is quite likely that my views either will be ignored or will be dismissed. As this response will account for a great deal of suffering between now and the demise of humanity, it cannot plausibly be thought of as philanthropic. That is not to say that it is motivated by any malice towards humans, but it does result from a self-deceptive indifference to the harm of coming into existence.

  David Benatar

  Children, Heart, Self

  David Benatar (2008). “Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming Into Existence”, p.225, Oxford University Press

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• Like, in general I think people have very complicated reasons for wanting things, and we often have no idea whether we’re actually motivated by altruism or a desire to hook up or a search for answers or what. I always get annoyed when in books or movies characters want clear things for clear reasons, because my experience of humanness is that I always want messy things for messy reasons.

  John Green

  Book, Character, Thinking

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• I fear just one thing : Money! Greed was what motivated Judas to sell Jesus

  Mother Teresa

  Jesus, Greed, Judas

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• There's always competition, especially in the EDM scene, but that keeps me motivated and focused. Everybody is really friendly though. I always enjoy seeing other guys at gigs or festivals. So yeah, there is competition but there are also lots of good vibes.

  Martin Garrix

  Edm, Guy, Competition

  Source: elliesimpsonblog.wordpress.com

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• So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Courage, Badass, Military

  Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5

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• Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and power to consummate their entrepreneurial ideas.

  George Gilder

  Inspirational, Ideas, Desire

  George Gilder (2012). “Wealth and Poverty: A New Edition for the Twenty-First Century”, p.35, Regnery Publishing

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• Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

  David Rockefeller

  Motivational, Success, Monday

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• To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can't just accept the ones you like.

  Mike Kafka

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Success, Determination

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