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“Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.”

Needs Motivation Talent Keys Ambition Blind Driven Crucial Blind Ambition

Author:Lily Cole

“Walt Disney was a great believer in the use of song to convey story. He was primarily a storyman & story-driven songs were his 'pets.' He always asked what was going on with the song - he hated 'singing heads.' He loved learning about character & motivation thru music & lyrics.”

Character Stories Use Motivation Song Singing Driven Believer Hated Pet Walt

Author:Richard Sherman

“People do things with terrible motivations and those motivations are selfish and self-interested and financially driven.”

People Self Motivation Terrible Driven Selfish

Author:Michael Schur

“The history of exploration has never been driven by exploration. But Columbus himself was a discoverer. So was Magellan. But the people who wrote checks were not. They had other motivations. And there's Columbus - he couldn't even get Italy to pay for his voyage so he has to go to Spain.”

People Motivation Pay Driven Checks Exploration Spain Voyages Columbus Magellan

Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Curiosity is a self-driven motivation to explore and to learn. Learning is like... you know, you have to take your medicine. And that is what it has become. And that's unfortunate.”

Knows Self Motivation Like You Medicine Curiosity Driven Unfortunate

Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“A person who is driven to spend their time and energy doing something must believe in it, whether they want recognition for it, money from it, or if it's a cathartic experience to do it, whatever their motivation that is valid for them. That's the artist's motivator.”

Believe Motivation Energy Driven Recognition Time And Energy

Author:Michael C. McMillen

“The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.”

“Prayer cannot truly be taught by principles and seminars and symposiums. It has to be born out of a whole environment of felt need. If I say, "I ought to pray," I will soon run out of motivation and quit; the flesh is too strong. I have to be driven to pray.”

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Book:Fresh Wind Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Hearts of His People

Source: Fresh Wind Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Hearts of His People

“Companies have to nurture [creativity and motivation]-and have to do it by building a compassionate yet performance-driven corporate culture. In the knowledge economy the traditional soft people side of our business has become the new hard side.”

People Hard Motivation Culture Sides Company Creativity Economy Building Performances Innovation Driven Traditional Corporate Compassionate Nurture Corporate Culture

Author:Gay Mitchell

“It is important not to abandon the practice of yoga because we believe it is driven by the wrong motivation. The practice of yoga itself transforms. Yoga has a magical quality.”

Believe Important Motivation Quality Practice Yoga Driven Abandon

Book:The Wisdom of Patañjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide

Source: The Wisdom of Patañjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide

“Human beings are emotional amoral egoists, driven above all by emotional self-interest. All of our thoughts, beliefs and motivations are neurochemically mediated, some predetermined for survival, others alterable.”

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Author:Nayef Al-Rodhan

“The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.”

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Author:Russell Crowe