“While we somehow understand revenge on an intuitive level between individuals, I do suspect that companies, assuming that people are rational, completely miss and underestimate the motivation people have for revenge.” PeopleMotivationIndividualLevelsCompanyMissingAssumingRevengeRationalSuspectsUnderestimateIntuitive Author:Dan Ariely
“I am not interested in dry economic socialism. We are fighting against misery, but we are also fighting against alienation. One of the fundamental objectives of Marxism is to remove interest, the factor of individual interest, and gain, from people's psychological motivations. Marx was preoccupied both with economic factors and with their repercussions on the spirit. If communism isn't interested in this too, it may be a method of distributing goods, but it will never be a revolutionary way of life.” PeopleIfsWayMaySpiritMotivationFightingIndividualInterestEconomicGainsMethodFundamentalsMiserySocialismObjectivesPsychologicalFactorsCommunismRevolutionaryDryRemoveGoodsNot InterestedAlienationMarxismRepercussions Author:Che Guevara
“When we think about our work it deals with our motivations, our desires, our sense of security, purpose, and status. Our work deals with a whole host of relationships. Work impacts the flourishing of individuals, communities, and nations.” ThinkingWholeDesirePurposeMotivationIndividualNationsCommunityDealsSecurityImpactWorking ItHostFlourishing Author:David Kim
“We are in a struggle against radical Islamic terrorism, al-Qaida and ISIS. The president, in his campaign for office, made it clear that he would make a priority of confronting radical Islamic terrorism abroad. But also adding new measures to ensure that individuals would not be coming into this country with the motivation to harm our people. And we really do believe that this temporary pause with regard to the countries other than Syria, temporary pause where we evaluate our screening process and ensure that people coming into the country don't represent a threat is appropriate.” PeopleBelieveCountryMotivationIndividualPresidentStruggleOfficeThreatTerrorismPrioritiesRadicalIslamicTemporarySyria Author:Mike Pence
“The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different.” PeopleWayDifferentHardMotivationalTodayMotivationIndividualPowerfulBasketballOrganizationCoachingMotivated Author:Rick Pitino
“I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality.” ThinkingFirstsMotivationalMotivationLiteratureIndividualStrongGayHeterosexualityPersonal MotivationHeterosexuality Is Author:Marilyn vos Savant
“Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from crimes against themselves or their property. When government-- in pursuit of good intentions tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.” ShouldTryingHelpingGovernmentMotivationThreeIndividualNationsInterestLossEconomyPlayerSpecialMilitaryCrimeCitizensMoralityCostProtectFunctionPropertyIntentionActiveDefensePursuitPrimariesContractsGood IntentionsSpecial InterestsRefereeInefficiency Author:Milton Friedman
“Every runner has a specific motivation and inspiration for running a marathon. This year, all 36,000 of us will 'run together' to demonstrate the spirit of the marathon. We will still have our individual motivations, but we will be unified under the Boston Strong umbrella.” YearsStillsInspirationRunningTogetherSpiritMotivationIndividualStrongAthleteRunnersBostonMarathonUmbrellaUnifiedRunning MarathonInspiration And Motivation Author:Meb Keflezighi
“Self-determination has to mean that the leader is your individual gut, and heart, and mind or we're talking about power, again, and its rather well-known impurities. Who is really going to care whether you live or die and who is going to know the most intimate motivation for your laughter and your tears is the only person to be trusted to speak for you and to decide what you will or will not do.” KnowsMindWellsHeartMeanPersonsSelfCareSuccessMotivationDiesIndividualSpeakTalkingKnownLeaderTearsLaughterDeterminationIntimateGutsSelf DeterminationTrustedWell KnownHeart And MindImpurity Book:Civil Wars Source: Civil Wars
“Change happens at the level of the individual” HappensMotivationIndividualChangeLevelsFuture Author:Scilla Elworthy
“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.” InspirationalPersonsMatterLastsMotivationFoundIndividualAbilityLevelsSeriousNo Matter WhatSpurs Book:On The Run: Exercise and Fitness for Busy People Source: On The Run: Exercise and Fitness for Busy People
“Motivation comes from within each individual. It's a personal thing. It's pride, guts, desire, whatever you want to call it; some people have it in their bellies, and some don't.” PeopleWantDesireMotivationIndividualPrideGutsWrestlingBellyPersonal Things Author:Mike Ditka
“Whereas the average individuals "often have not the slightest idea of what they are, of what they want, of what their own opinions are," self-actualizing individuals have "superior awareness of their own impulses, desires, opinions, and subjective reactions in general."” WantIdeasSelfDesireMotivationIndividualOpinionAwarenessPersonalityReflectionSelf AwarenessAverageReactionsSuperiorsImpulseSubjectiveSelf Reflection Author:Abraham Maslow