Quotes about motivation
motivational children believe
Affirm people. Affirm your children. Believe in them, not in what you see but in what you don't see - their potential. Stephen Covey
motivational change choices
My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings. Stephen Covey
motivational character patterns
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character. Stephen Covey
motivational fitness taste
Nothing tastes as good as thin feels. Stephen Covey
motivational thinking people
People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it is almost impossible to reason intelligently. Stephen Covey
motivational track borders
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations Stephen Covey
motivation focus important
Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what's urgent, learn to focus on what is really important. Stephen Covey
motivational team climbing
The greatest and most inspiring mountain climbing achievements in history are not so much stories of individual achievement, but are stories of the extraordinary power of a unified, talented, prepared team that stays loyally committed to one another and to their shared vision to the end. Stephen Covey
motivational self-confidence winning
In our own lives, having a mind-set of expecting to win increases our odds of winning. It helps us get better results. And better results help us increase our credibility and self-confidence, which leads to more positive self-expectancy, and more winning - and the upward cycle continues. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Stephen Covey
motivational character emotional
You will never be able to truly step inside another person, to see the world as he sees it, until you develop the pure desire, the strength of personal character, and the positive Emotional Bank Account, as well as the empathetic listening skills to do it. Stephen Covey
motivational business knowledge
An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success. Stephen Covey
motivation keys important
The key to motivation is motive. It's the why. It's the deeper yes! burning inside that makes it easier to say no to the less important. Stephen Covey
motivational people surround-yourself
Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you. Stephen Covey
motivational circumstances ability
Response-ability is the ABILITY to choose our response to any circumstance or condition. Stephen Covey
motivational trust priorities
It's better to be trusted than to be liked. Stephen Covey
motivational change emotional-appeal
Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. Stephen Covey
motivational thinking keys
The key to the 99 is the one. Or, put another way, the key to the group is the one individual. Think about the one, talk to the one, regard the one, serve the one. If you are sincere and constant, you will discover that gradually your influence with the many will be magnified. Stephen Covey
motivational mistake humility
The reality is that everybody makes mistakes. The issue isn't whether you will make them, it's what you will do about them. It's whether you will choose the path of humility and courage or the path of ego and pride. Stephen Covey
motivation long anxiety
It is well to remind ourselves that anxiety signifies a conflict, and so long as a conflict is going on, a constructive solution is possible. Rollo May
motivational night thinking
I hope you're as lucky as I am. The world needs inventors--great ones. You can be one. If you love what you do and are willing to do what it really takes, it's within your reach. And it'll be worth every minute you spend alone at night, thinking and thinking about what it is you want to design or build. It'll be worth it, I promise. Steve Wozniak
motivational
We tend to get what we expect - both from ourselves and from others. When we expect more, we tend to get more; when we expect less, we tend to get less. Stephen Covey
motivational action love-someone
You can say you love someone - but unless you demonstrate that love through your actions, your words become meaningless. Stephen Covey
motivational keys absence
The key to the many is often the one; it is how you regard and talk about the one in that one's absence or presence that communicates to the many how you would regard and talk about them in their presence or absence. Stephen Covey
motivational priorities top-priorities
When you have too many top priorities, you effectively have no top priorities. Stephen Covey
motivational sacrifice thinking
Would you not agree that relationships are built on trust? Would you not also agree that most individuals think more in terms of "me-my wants, my needs, my rights? What would wisdom dictate - would it not direct us to focus on trust-building principles and sacrificing 'me' for 'we'?" Stephen Covey
motivational wisdom knowledge
It's like the more you know the more you know you don't know. Stephen Covey
motivational struggle people
Unless people feel that they are accepted and that they have a right to express their feelings without fear of embarrassment or ridicule, all they will do is react and rebel and struggle for their identity. Stephen Covey
motivation inspiration law
The law can seem remote, arcane, the stuff of specialists. But it isn't, because for those of us who live in democracies, the law begins with us. Shereen El Feki
motivational self doubt
Are you paralyzed with fear? That’s a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember one rule of thumb: the more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it. Steven Pressfield
motivational fitness children
Our children are obese, either have or being threatened by diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and not socially adjusting properly to others because of a lack of fitness. Richard Simmons
motivational graduation attitude
Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.
motivational goal ambitious
The value of an ambitious goal is not measured by what it will bring to you. The worth of a goal is measured by what it will make of you in the process of following and attaining it.
motivational views people
Sure, it's easy to be upbeat when everything is going your way. Anyone can do that. It is far more important, however, to take a positive approach in circumstances that most people would view as negative.