“Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, "Make me feel important." Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.” -- Mary Kay Ash, Founder Mary Kay Cosmetics

"You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself." -- Harvey S. Firestone, Founder Firestone Rubber Co.

“Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up.” -- Richard Branson, Entrepreneur and Businessman

"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you." -- Dale Carnegie, Writer and Self Help Speaker

“Treat a man as he appears to be, and you make him worse. But treat a man as if he already were what he potentially could be, and you make him what he should be.” -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Poet, Author, Playwright, and Philosopher

“The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.” -- Harold S. Geneen, American Businessman

“When people go to work, they don’t leave their hearts at home. We may live in a high-tech world, but leadership is still a high-touch job. -- Lee J. Colan, Ph.D, Author and Leadership Expert

"The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, 'Go!' - a leader says, 'Let's go!'” -- E. M. Kelly, Author

“We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory.” -- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Philosopher and Political Theorist

“Believing in people before they have proved themselves is the key to motivating people to reach their potential.” -- John Maxwell, Leadership Author and Speaker

“If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: I want to be praised.” -- Emil M. Cioran, Romanian Philosopher and Author

“It’s not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It’s my job not to de-motivate them.” -- Lou Holtz, Famous American Football Coach

“Instruction does much, but encouragement does everything.” -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Author and Poet

“Nobody motivates today’s workers. If it doesn’t come from within, it doesn’t come. Fun helps remove the barriers that allow people to motivate themselves.” -- Herman Cain, American Newspaper Columnist, Businessman, and Radio Host

“There is only one way, to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.” -- Dale Carnegie, American Author and Self Help Lecturer

"Leadership is a combination of strategy and character. If you must be without one, be without the strategy." -- General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Author and Speaker

“Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.” -- Marguerite Gardiner, Irish Novelist

“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” -- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the USA

“Drive the horse with oats, not with curses and oaths.” -- Yiddish Proverb

“You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.” -- William J. H. Boetcker, Presbyterian Minister and Motivational Speaker

"You can motivate players better with kind words than you can with a whip." -- Bud Wilkinson, Hall of Fame Football Coach

Motivational Quotes - Quotes on Motivation

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing - that’s why we recommend it daily.” -- Zig Ziglar, Author and Motivational Speaker

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” -- Actress and Singer

“If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.” -- Jim Rohn, America’s Business Philosopher

“If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to meet it.” -- Jonathan Winters, Actor and Comedian

“Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.” -- Bill Cosby, Actor and Comedian

“It is not the critic who counts; nor the man who points out how the strong man has stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who knows the great devotions, and who spends himself in a worthy cause. Who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.” -- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the USA and Adventure

“If you don't have a burning desire to better your life, you're cheating yourself and your loved ones with phony excuses.” -- Tom Hopkins, Author and Motivational Speaker

"You don't have to be great to get started but you have to get started to be great." -- Les Brown, Author and Motivational Speaker

"You don't have to be great to get started but you have to get started to be great." -- Les Brown, Author and Motivational Speaker

“Excellence is doing a common thing in an uncommon way.” -- Booker T. Washington, American Educator, Scientist, and Author

“Don't say, If I could, I would. Say, If I can, I will." -- Jim Rohn, America’s Business Philosopher Motivational Quotes

“Knowing what to do is not enough. You must also do what you know.” -- Anthony Robbins, Author, Speaker, and Motivational Guru

“Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there. Make motivation a habit and you will get there more quickly and have more fun on the trip.” --Zig Ziglar, Author and Motivational Speaker

“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” -- Dale Carnegie, Author and Self Improvement Lecturer

“Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible.  This power becomes available to you just as soon as you can change your beliefs.” -- Dr Maxwell Maltz, Surgeon and Author

"The starting point of all achievement is desire. Weak desire brings weak results." -- Napoleon Hill, Personal Success Author

“The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.” -- Nolan Bushnell, American Engineer and Entrepreneur

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” -- Aristotle, Greek Philosopher, Poet, and Teacher

Motivational Quotes

“The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.” -- Mike Ditka, Famous American Football Coach

“Don't be afraid to give your best to small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will take care of themselves.” -- Dale Carnegie, Author and Self Improvement Lecturer

“Stay committed to your decisions; but stay flexible in your approach.” -- Tony Robbins, Author Speaker, and Motivational Guru

"Of course it's hard. It's supposed to be hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. Hard is what makes it great." -- From A League of their Own

“From his cradle to his grave a man never does a single thing which has any FIRST AND FOREMOST object but one — to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for HIMSELF.” -- Mark Twain, American Humorist and Author

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