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“I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.”

“Doubt is a profound and effective spiritual motivation. Without doubt, no truism is transcended, no new knowledge found, no expansion of the imagination possible. Doubt is unsettling to the ego and those who are drawn to ideologies that promise the dispelling of doubt by preferring certainties never grow.”

Spiritual Motivation Found Grows Growth Imagination Doubt Promise Ego Profound Ideology Certainty Expansion Truism New Knowledge Dispelling

Author:James Hollis

“What could have John Edwards' motivations been to have the affair with Rielle Hunter, given his wife is smarter than he is and probably nagging him a lot about doing this, and he found somebody that did something with her mouth other than talk.”

Motivation Found Given Wife Mouths Affair Smarter Hunters Nagging

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“While in the clinic, I discovered I had problems with concentration, motivation, attitude, and temper. I have found a new way of life through the clinic's program and a 12-step recovery plan.”

Way Problem Motivation Found Attitude Steps Plans Program Recovery Concentration Temper New Ways Clinic 12 Step Recovery 12 Step New Way Of Life

Book:Don't Call Me Joey: The Wit and Wisdom of Albert Belle

Source: Don't Call Me Joey: The Wit and Wisdom of Albert Belle

“Motivation is undoubtedly the single greatest influence on how well people perform. Most productivity studies have found that motivation has a stronger influence on productivity than any other factor.”

People Wells Motivation Found Study Influence Stronger Productivity Factors

Book:Rapid Development

Source: Rapid Development

“The heart that delights in God and longs only to see His glory advance will seldom be conscious of sacrifice. God in His wisdom asks that we first love Him and then live in keeping with that core value. He does not want His people to think of what they do as sacrificial, even though from the world's point of view it may be just that. Gratitude for grace of God will always be found near the center of the Biblical Christian's most powerful motivations.”

“My mother found a way out of a little one-bedroom apartment in Athens, Greece to bring Arianna to Cambridge to study economics and bring me to the Royal Academy in London with very few financial resources and no connections. She didn't know anybody in England, but she found a way. Her love for her daughters and seeing what they could be, motivated her and gave her the chutzpah, the courage, to break down barriers. When you have the motivation of love, you will find the way.”

“The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.”

May Success Science Motivation Faith Spirituality Found Doubt Seeking Doubted Faith And Doubt Greatest Wisdom

Author:Peter Abelard

“Success is uncommon, not to be found by the common man. I'm looking for uncommon people.”

People Men Motivation Found Common Uncommon Common Man

Author:Cal Stoll

“The reason so few people are successful is no one has yet found a way for someone to sit down and slide uphill.”

People Way Inspirational Reason Funny Motivation Found Goal Successful Down And Funny Inspirational Slides

Author:W. Clement Stone

“Life is found in the dance between your deepest desire and your greatest fear.”

Motivational Life Is Desire Motivation Found Leadership Greatest Fear Our Greatest Fear

Author:Tony Robbins

“The tragedy of life is not found in failure but complacency. Not in you doing too much, but doing too little. Not in you living above your means, but below your capacity. It's not failure but aiming too low, that is life's greatest tragedy.”

Mean Littles Life Is Motivation Found Leadership Too Much Lows Capacity Tragedy Complacency Wasted Life Untapped Potential

Author:Benjamin E. Mays

“What spurs a person to get more serious is highly individual, but I have found that no matter what a person's level of ability, motivation must come from within, or it will not last.”

Inspirational Persons Matter Lasts Motivation Found Individual Ability Levels Serious No Matter What Spurs

Book:On The Run: Exercise and Fitness for Busy People

Source: On The Run: Exercise and Fitness for Busy People

“This paper will no doubt be found interesting by those who take an interest in it”

Motivational Motivation Found Interest Interesting Doubt Paper No Doubt

Author:John Dalton