Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.
Donald Trump, from his book ‘Trump: The Art of the Deal’
The only lifelong, reliable motivations are those that come from within, and one of the strongest of those is the joy and pride that grow from knowing that you’ve just done something as well as you can do it.
Lloyd Dobyns and Clare Crawford-Mason from the book ‘Thinking About Quality’
Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.
Henry Ford
I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
Oprah Winfrey
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
Michael Jordan, basketball player
In every job that must be done there is an element of fun. You find the fun and (snap) the job’s a game.
Mary Poppins, from the film of the same name
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Goethe
No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that’s the exciting part.
Tiger Woods
Do, or do not. There is no ‘try’.
Yoda, Star Wars
Your motivation? Your motivation is your pay packet on Friday. Now get on with it.
Noel Coward