“Mostly we're motivated to control ourselves in public. Mostly. At home the motivation is much less clear. At home there's a bit of a lab for bad behavior. You can test things out without terrible consequences. Or maybe the consequences are there, but they are deferred, buried, much harder to detect.” HomeMotivationBitsClearTerribleBehaviorConsequenceTestsHarderMotivatedBuriedLabsBad BehaviorControl Ourselves Author:Ben Marcus
“There's a tendency in politics to attribute bad motivation much too quickly, and the sooner you attribute bad motivation to someone you disagree with, the harder it is to find some common ground to make some progress that would give people confidence that you got it more right than wrong.” PeopleGivingMotivationCommonProgressHarderTendenciesDisagreeAttributesCommon Ground Author:Peter Welch
“Motivation is the key to success in whatever you're doing in life. It comes a lot easier when you're doing something you love and have passion for. My goal is to have a good time and a hot run. And I'm not afraid of disappointment -- it only makes me work harder.” RunningMotivationPassionGoalHard WorkKeysEasierHarderHotDisappointmentGood TimesNot AfraidKey To SuccessHaving A Good TimeWork HarderSomething You Love Author:Missy Giove
“Some people give you that motivation to work harder simply to get the hell away from wherever they are.” PeopleGivingMotivationHellHard WorkHarderWork Harder Author:Dane Cook
“I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.” UseMotivationHarderStrongerNegativityAmerican Football Author:Tim Tebow
“I have moments that aren't too bad, but there's always something I'm struggling with, or feeling guilty about. I just figured I needed to try harder, but I find it difficult to sustain that motivation.” TryingMomentsFeelingsMotivationDifficultStruggleNeededHarderGuiltyFeeling Guilty Author:William P. Young
“For to keep at the top is harder almost than to get there” MotivationSportsHarderSoftball Author:James Gibbons
“My coach told me, "Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there's always someone out there who's working just a little harder - if you take 150 practice shots, he's taking 200." And that drove me.” IfsLittlesMatterMotivationSportsPracticeShotsHarderCoachesSoftballLarry Author:Larry Bird
“I train harder than anyone else in the world. Last year I was supposed to take a month off and I took three days off because I was afraid somebody out there was training harder. That's the feeling I go through every day - Am I not doing what somebody else is doing? Is someone out there training harder than I am? I can't live with myself if someone is.” IfsWorldYearsI CanFeelingsLastsMotivationThreeSportsMonthsTrainingHarderTrainLast YearSoftballDays OffTraining Harder Author:Marion Jones
“I am a very lucky person, and the harder I work, the luckier I seem to be.” PersonsSeemsMotivationLuckyHarderLucky Person Author:Alan MacDiarmid
“I'm always afraid of failing. It's great motivation to work harder.” InspirationMotivationWinningFailingHard WorkHarderWork Harder Author:Mark Cuban
“No athlete works harder than Floyd Mayweather.” MotivationHard WorkHarderAthleteFighterWork HarderMayweatherFloyd Mayweather Author:Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
“If our goal is to understand the world, to seek a deeper understanding of the world, our general lack of moral diversity here is going to make it harder. Because when people all share values, when people all share morals, they become a team.” PeopleIfsWorldInspirationMotivationValuesUnderstandingGoalMoralTeamShareDiversityHarderDeeperDeeper Understanding Author:Jonathan Haidt