Quotations similar to MOTIVATION - ACTION, ENTHUSIASM, PROCRASTINATION
Also see MOTIVATION AFFIRMATIONS
Compiled by Che Garman
A day will never be anymore than what you make of it. – Josh S. Hinds
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. - Edgar Watson Howe
A man grows most tired while standing still. – Chinese Proverb
A positive, motivated person has a particular thought process that manifests itself in the way he feels, which manifests itself in the way he acts. – Dennis Mannering
About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age. - Gloria Pitzer
All great things have small beginnings. - Peter Senge
All of us perform better and more willingly when we know why we're doing what we have been told or asked to do. – Zig Ziglar
All people are already motivated – The catch is, it's not necessarily positive motivation. - Dennis Mannering
All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: act as if it were impossible to fail. - Dorothea Brande
Any lasting motivation must ultimately come from inside you - from a sense of purpose that compels you to take action towards your goal. – Che Garman
Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. - Dr Wayne Dyer
Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do. – Liz Smith
Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing. - Adolph Monod
Correction does much, but encouragement does more. - Goethe
Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus. – Robert South
Do more than dream. Work. - William A Ward
Do something. Whatever you do, it will be better than sitting and hoping things will improve. – Robert Anthony
Doing something is what leads to doing something. – Steve Chandler
Don’t wait until you feel like taking positive action. Take the action and then you will feel like doing it. - Zig Ziglar
Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
Dreams are the spark plugs of life. - Karl Moore
Encourage anyone who is trying to improve mentally, physically, or spiritually. – H. Jackson Brown
Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. - Unknown
Every beginner is a winner. - Unknown
Every human action, whether it has become positive or negative, must depend on motivation. - Tenzin Gyatso
Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it. - Jack Canfield
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one. - Wayne Dyer
Great ideas originate in the muscles. - Thomas Edison
Having a long term goal provides a catalyst for motivation at every waking moment. - Peter Daniels
I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work. - Pearl S Buck
I'm not telling you it is going to be easy – I'm telling you it's going to be worth it. – Art Williams
If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough. - Mario Andretti
If grass can grow through cement, you can get off your butt and do something creative with your life too! - Unknown
If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around. - Jim Rohn
If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don’t do it, and it won’t happen. - Joe Dimaggio
If you are serious about your goals, drop the conditions. Go directly to your goal. Be your goal! - Eric Allenbaugh
If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. - David Viscott
If you want to accomplish anything in life, you can't just sit back and hope it will happen. You've got to make it happen. - Chuck Norris
If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep. - Yiddish Proverb
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to meet it. - Jonathan Winters
In order to find, you must first search. - Jim Rohn
It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste - Henry Ford
It is always the start that requires the greatest effort. - James Cash Penney
It is difficult to steer a parked car, so get moving. - Henrietta Mears
It is only the first step that is difficult. - Marie De Vichy
It's much easier to get motivated when you can see the light at the end of the tunnel. So the secret is to make sure all your tunnels are SHORT! - Che Garman
It’s not what a vision is, it’s what a vision does. – Robert Frotz
Just go out there and do what you have to do. - Martina Navratilova
Most of us could stand a little more horsepower and less exhaust. - Unknown
Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot. – Jim Rohn
Motivation comes from the goals you truly desire to accomplish AND your commitment to do whatever is necessary to accomplish the goals. - Russ Mallard
Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there. Make motivation a habit and you will get there more quickly. - Zig Ziglar
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly. - Stephen Covey
Motivation is like food for the brain. You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular top ups. - Peter Davies
Motivation is something you talk yourself into. - Steve Chandler
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. - Dwight David Eisenhower
Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running. – Zig Ziglar
Motivational workshops can be great fun, but just remember one thing: You can’t take the guru home with you! – Che Garman
Never measure the height of the mountain until you have reached the top. - Dag Hammarskjold
No idea, no matter how good, will work if it doesn’t get used. - Pete Cohen
No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again. - Buddha
Nothing can galvanize you into action quite like a looming deadline. - David L Preston
Nothing kills motivation faster than a well-crafted excuse. - Che Garmann
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. - Samuel Johnson
Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer. - Elbert Hubbard
Once you’ve made a start, everything seems easier. – David Preston
People are like sticks of dynamite. The power is on the inside, but nothing happens until the fuse gets lit. - Mac Anderson
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing – that's why we recommend it daily. - Zig Ziglar
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. - Andrew Carnegie
Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy. - Dr Wayne Dyer
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday. - N Hill
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. - Sydney Harris
Remember that the man at the top of a mountain didn’t just fall there. - Unknown
Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings. - Helen Keller
Self-motivation flows from the importance we attach to today. - Steve Chandler
Self-motivation is all a matter of how much in control you want to be. – Steve Chandler
Sometimes the best helping hand you can get is a good, firm push. - Joann Thomas
Success is the marriage of motivation and will. - Unknown
The best helping hand that you will ever receive is the one at the end of your own arm. - Fred Dehner
The body of man is a machine which winds its own springs. - O De La Mettrie
The difference between try and triumph is a little ‘umph.’ - Marvin Phillips
The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult. - Marie de Vichy-Chamrond
The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day. - Henry Ward Beecher
The green/red traffic light was originally patented under the name of "Go Light". - Dennis Mannering
The key to motivation is motive. - Stephen Covey
The more you know about how you operate, the easier it will be to motivate yourself. - Steve Chandler
The most effective way to do it, is to do it. – Amelia Earhart
The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move. – Brian Tracy
The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal. - Francie Larrieu Smith
The only impossible journey is the one you never begin. - Tony Robbins
The past should be a springboard, not a hammock. - Edmund Burke
The reason so few people are successful is no one has yet found a way for someone to sit down and slide uphill. - W Clement Stone
The secret of discipline is motivation. When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself. - Sir Alexander Paterson
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. - Mark Twain
The way to get motivated and stay motivated is to identify, define, and emotionally connect to your dreams. - Jillian Michaels
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. – Walt Disney
The way to get to the top is to get off your bottom. - Dr Eugene Swearingen
There are many wonderful things that will never be done if you do not do them. – Charles D. Gill
There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late. - Og Mandino
There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us. - Orison Swett Marden
There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks. - David Lloyd George
To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as best we can. – Sydney Smith
Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't. - Jerry Rice
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. - Mark Twain
Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction. - Charles J Givens
Use your comfort zone to rest in, not to live in. - Steve Chandler
Use your past successes as a trampoline, not an easy chair. - H Jackson Brown, Jr
Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant. - Tony Robbins
Walking your talk is a great way to motivate yourself. No one likes to live a lie. Be honest with yourself, and you will find the motivation to do what you advise others to do. - Vince Poscente
We are running a race that has no finish line. So the fuel that drives us needs to be made of something substantial - something for the heart that the head can also follow. - Vincent Kralyevich
What keeps me going is goals. - Muhammad Ali
What makes life dreary is the want of a motive. - T. S. Eliot
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. - Ralph Marston
What you have to do and the way you have to do it is incredibly simple. Whether you are willing to do it is another matter. - Peter Drucker
When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life. - Greg Anderson
Winding up unfinished business with another person can give you a great burst of positive energy. – Brian Tracy
You can motivate by fear. And you can motivate by reward. But both of these methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self-motivation. - Homer Rice
You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good. - Jerry West
You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great. - Les Brown
You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. - Martin Luther King Jr.
You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. - Walt Disney
You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life. - Les Brown
You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself to be. - Lou Holtz
You will find the key to success under the alarm clock. - Benjamin Franklin
You will never possess what you are unwilling to pursue. - Mike Murdock
Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way. - Les Brown
You're not stuck where you are unless you decide to be. - Dr Wayne Dyer
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