Motivation
MOTIVATION:
It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
MOTIVATION:
Necessity, who is the mother of our invention.
MOTIVATION:
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
MOTIVATION:
One starts an action simply because one must do something.
MOTIVATION:
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
MOTIVATION:
Urgent necessity prompts many to do things.
MOTIVATION:
To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.
MOTIVATION:
I happened on the idea of fitting an engine to a bicycle simply because I did not want to ride crowded trains and buses.
MOTIVATION:
Always in a moment of extreme danger things can be done which had previously been thought impossible.
MOTIVATION:
Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
MOTIVATION:
What you praise you increase.
MOTIVATION:
When we are listened to . . . ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life.
MOTIVATION:
We talk on principle, but we act on interest.
MOTIVATION:
The virtues and the vices are all put in motion by interest.
MOTIVATION:
Some people change their ways when they see the light, others when they feel the heat.
MOTIVATION:
One must not lose desires. They are mighty stimulants to creativeness, to love and to long life.
MOTIVATION:
If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches.
MOTIVATION:
The moment somebody says to me, This is very risky, is the moment it becomes attractive to me.
MOTIVATION:
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
MOTIVATION:
Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money.
MOTIVATION:
In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.
MOTIVATION:
The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind.
MOTIVATION:
Beware of trying to accomplish anything by force.