Motivation Quotes

There are Greek troops, to be sure, in Persian service - but how different is their cause from ours! They will be fighting for pay - and not much of at that; we, on the contrary, shall fight for Greece, and our hearts will be in it.

You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor.

I really don't have any other motivation for personally accumulating assets except to be able to make the biggest contribution I can to making life multiplanetary.

I'm a Silicon Valley guy. I just think people from Silicon Valley can do anything.

Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.

If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.

The more people tell you it's not possible, that it can't be done, the more you should be absolutely determined to prove them wrong. Treat the word "impossible" as nothing more than motivation.

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

It's always good to be underestimated.

Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.

Relish the opportunity to be an outsider. Embrace that label.

No one has ever achieved anything significant without a chorus of critics standing on the sidelines explaining why it can't be done.

Demand the best from yourself and be totally unafraid to challenge entrenched interests and failed power structures.

Creative people rarely need to be motivated-they have their own inner drive that refuses to be bored. They refuse to be complacent. They live on the edge, which is precisely what is needed to be successful and remain successful.

Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don't let the bastards get you down.

Take the stones people throw at you, and use them to build a monument

I am interested in what I earn; I am interested in my growth.

The path, of course, is not always smooth, and may at times this year have felt quite bumpy, but small steps can make a world of difference.

You will be wounded many times in your life. You'll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned that failure is really God's way of saying, "Excuse me, you're moving in the wrong direction." It's just an experience, just an experience.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.