If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.
Noel Coward

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.
Jane Smiley

In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything.
William J. Clinton

In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literature, which had a great tradition and strong motivation to be that way, Polish literature changed its focus to a psychological rather than a social one.
Andrzej Wajda

Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
Hans Blix

It doesn't matter who is playing or how old they are. I just worry about what I can control. It doesn't give me more or less motivation.
Monica Seles

It was all about wanting to get revenge. Pathetic, really, but it still is the motivation.
Julian Clary

It's what the Pixies always said about music - they were writing songs and just trying not to be boring. That was their main motivation and it worked for them. I remember reading that and thinking that was the way to do it.
Jonny Greenwood

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.
Donald Trump

Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.
Katarina Witt

Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't distinguish between being a more empathic manager and a more empathic father.
Daniel Goleman

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.
Lee Iacocca

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
Lou Holtz

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
Jim Ryun

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
Norman Ralph Augustine

My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a difference on issues I feel passionate about.
Herman Cain

Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant.
Michael Shermer

One of the things I have tried to do with this book and with all of them really is avoid that simple, easy, reductionist view of motivation and to show we do things for a complex net of reasons, a real braid of reasons.
Russell Banks

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
Edward de Bono