People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right.
There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
Make each day your masterpiece.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Don't count the days; make the days count.
I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.
A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.
Great companies don't hire skilled people and motivate them, they hire already motivated people and inspire them.
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
When people have conflicting priorities or unclear, meaningless, or arbitrarily shifting goals, they become frustrated, cynical, and demotivated.
Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement.
The secret to high performance and satisfaction — at work, at school, and at home — is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.
Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives.
All humans are motivated to seek pleasure and avoid pain; to seek hope and avoid fear; to seek social acceptance and avoid rejection.
People who feel good about themselves produce good results.
