Motivator Quotes

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator and change has its enemies. (Robert F. Kennedy)
God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature, and it has often been said by philosophers, that nature is the will of God. And I prefer to say that nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see. View quote
Frank Lloyd Wright
Love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest and bravest acts are done for love. View quote
Rick Riordan
Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting. View quote
Edward de Bono
I see people who die a few minutes after a doctor tells them there is no hope of a cure. They give up and go. Others get angry and find joy in proving the doctor wrong. Something within them is challenged and hopeful. Hope is the divine motivator. View quote
Bernie Siegel
Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went. View quote
Laura Hillenbrand
Fear is a great motivator. Look at what 9-11 has accomplished - My god. It's slammed the economy, It's - I can't even begin to detail all it's actually done, other than bring down the buildings and hit the Pentagon. It's stunned the entire nation. View quote
Art Bell
I see myself continuing to be a songwriter and a motivator and someone that has grown in her faith. View quote
Ashthon Jones
Fear of failure has always been my best motivator. View quote
Douglas Wood
I didn't want to settle or become complacent after winning a major, I wanted to stay hungry. It's easy to do. It's easy to win a big tournament and kind of get a little lazy, so it's been a good motivator for me to work a little harder. View quote
Webb Simpson
It's funny to read articles about Gordon Gekko as if he exists.... If you really listen to Gekko's speech, half of it makes sense.... But it's the excess, losing moderation, that destroys all.... There is nothing inherently wrong with greed as a human motivator, greed motivating evolution.... But there's a huge disconnect between the classes. It is very demoralizing to work for someone who makes a billion dollars a year while you make just barely enough to make it. (Oliver Stone)
The fame and reputation part came later, and never was much of a motivator, although it did enable me to work without feeling guilty about neglecting my studies. View quote
Linus Torvalds
I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don't know if I'm the monarch of all I survey. View quote
Sylvester Stallone
A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action. View quote
Paul J. Meyer
A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action. The desire for success implants 'success consciousness' which, in turn, creates a vigorous and ever-increasing 'habit of success'. View quote
Paul J. Meyer
Exercise helps my back. If I don't exercise, that's when it starts to hurt. The pain is a good motivator to run and exercise. View quote
Bear Grylls
Especially for fostering creative, conceptual work, the best way to use money as a motivator is to take the issue of money off the table so people concentrate on the work. View quote
Daniel H. Pink
The most paradoxical aspect of neurotic shame is that it is the core motivator of the superachieved and the underachieved, the star and the scapegoat, the righteous and the wretched, the powerful and the pathetic. View quote
John Bradshaw
Conventional wisdom suggests the primary motivator for entrepreneurs is money or wealth creation and, in fact, much of the political debate tends to center around what kind of tax or regulatory policy changes will turn corporate suits into small business adventurers overnight. View quote
Chip Conley
Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people change their diet and lifestyle, they usually feel so much better, so quickly; it reframes the reason for changing from fear of dying to joy of living. Also, the support that patients give each other is a powerful motivator. View quote
Dean Ornish
But I love being scared. I think you're brave only when you do things that scare you. I've always used fear as a motivator. I'm not sure why. (Ginnifer Goodwin)
I find fear is a great motivator to work hard. View quote
Greg Kinnear
Fear is always a good motivator. View quote
James Dyson
I feel like I'm a good motivator; I'm very determined. View quote
Kimora Lee Simmons
A trip to space is a big motivator to give up some things in your personal life. Obviously, you can't give up everything and you don't want to. View quote
Mark Kelly