The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.
There's the push and pull you put on yourself and the push and pull the world puts on you. Most of the time, the world's going to win out, because it's just logical that you should be more successful and more motivated. You can always be more.
I was motivated to be different in part because I was different.
What's amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they would be more motivated. It's so far away in time that they can't appreciate what it means for their whole life.
I don't think school reform should be motivated by missionary zeal. I think it should be motivated by evidence of what works. I have been critical of Teach For America in the past but I think one of the things about their model that's interesting is that they're constantly looking at it and whether what they're doing works and reassessing their model, and making changes. So to the extent that I believe everyone in the education sector should be looking at evidence, reassessing, making tweaks to figure out what works, I think it's a positive model.
If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, if you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.
I'm always looking for inspiring ways to stay motivated and stay active.
I've always been motivated to be a champion since the age of 13 and I love being a winner.
In adversity keep motivated, for often the best comes from difficulty.
This is the reason why there are currently about 6,000 startups in Israel. And the nature of the Israeli entrepreneur—who is not afraid and is resourceful, motivated and fast moving—all give us an advantage.
There is no reason not to be motivated. You cannot always be the best. But you can do your best.
Nothing can stop the power of an informed citizenry when it is empowered, organized, and motivated.
The question of good and evil will always be one of philosophy's most intriguing problems, up there with the problem of existence itself. . . If evil means to be self motivated, to be the center of one's own universe, to live on one's own terms, then every artist, every thinker, every original mind, is evil. Because we dare to look through our own eyes rather than mouth cliches lent us from the so-called Fathers. To dare to see is to steal fire from the Gods. This is mankind's destiny, the engine with fuels us as a race.
Getting down to the nitty-gritty, most people are motivated by unconscious motives most of the time.
"On what motivated Colorado voters: "Let's face it, the War on Drugs was a disaster. It may be well intentioned. . . but it sent millions of kids to prison, gave them felonies often times when they had no violent crimes. . . I was against this, but I can see why so many people supported it. "
When you follow the dream in your heart, you're energised, inspired, & motivated.
The greatest photographs are motivated by human feeling.
The more clear you are about what you want, the more motivated and determined you will be to accomplish it.
Ive always been motivated to stop people from doing dysfunctional things.
My friends and I have all been super motivated to work and to do the work that we need to and want to and think should be in the world.