“It's just as difficult to reach a destination you don't have, as it is to come back from a place you've never been.”
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Motivated Quotes — page 233 of 381
“Winning leaders are almost always motivated when the chips are down.”
“Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.”
“My core philosophy on winning and motivation is summed up by saying that you were born to win, but in order to be the winner you were born to be, you have to plan to win and prepare to win before you can expect to win.”
“It's not the situation, but whether we react, or respond, to the situation that's important.”
“Many people say, "When I get a million dollars, then I'll be happy because I'll have security," but that's not necessarily so. Most people who acquire a million dollars want another and then another. Or they could be like a good friend of mine who made and lost every dime of a million dollars. It didn't bother him a bit. He wasn't excited about it, but he explained to me, "Zig, I still know everything necessary to make another million dollars, and I've learned what to do not to lost it. I'll simply go back to work and earn it again.”
“Motivation is like bathing. You've got to do it every single day.”
“I'm not in the speech making business. I'm not in the seminar business. I'm not in the writing book business. I'm in the changing lives business.”
“With definite goals you release your own power, and things start happening.”
“You gotta have goals!”
“..she began to stand around the gate and expect things. What things? She didn't know exactly. Her breath was gusty and short. She knew things that nobody ever told her. For instance, the words of the trees and the wind. .. She knew the world was a stallion rolling in the blue pasture of ether. She knew that God tore down the old world every evening and built a new one by sun-up. It was wonderful to see it take form with the sun and emerge from the gray dust of its making.”
“Once you clarify your purpose for doing something, the way to do it becomes clear”
“When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.”
“I'm starting to cry. I'm remembering those years I struggled with my weight, those times when I saw my reflection in a store window and didn't know who that fat person was, years when it was a big accomplishment for me to exercise at two dots on the StairMaster. And now I'm finishing a 26-mile race. Damn! This is better than winning an Emmy!”
“Your true passion should feel like breathing; it’s that natural.”
“What I know is, if you do work that you love, and work that fulfills you, the rest will come. I truly believe the reason I've been so financially successful is because my focus has never been on the money.”
“I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, I'll create something else. I don't have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.”
“I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.”
“Sometimes you find out what you are supposed to be doing by doing the things you are not supposed to do.”
“If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way. Don't wait for great opportunities. Seize common, everyday ones and make them great.”