#motivate

I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by. ↗

— Andre Agassi

#challenge #face #get #hurdles #i

I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny. ↗

— Jason Alexander

#character #funny #him #i #makes

Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations. ↗

— Bob Beauprez

#commitment #dedicated #education #enthusiastic #expectations

An international race in the relevant technologies is getting under way at this point, not necessarily with an understanding of where that race leads in the long run, but strongly motivated by the short-term payoffs. ↗

— K. Eric Drexler

#international #leads #long #long run #motivated

I decided at age 9, but I was reinforced at age 13 when a teacher told me I had talent. I can't say she really motivated me because I already knew. I knew I had talent. I went to the Jewish community theater and got in plays there. Then I went for the movies.' ↗

— Richard Dreyfuss

#already #because #community #decided #got

Part of me has certainly been motivated by wanting to take a stand against the restrictions that made Mother give up so much. ↗

— Susan Faludi

#been #certainly #give #made #me

People don't want to talk about death, just like they don't want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear. ↗

— Dan Farmer

#computer #death #fear #i #just

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#how #impressive #matter #mediocrity #motivate

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#books #contempt #desire #even #glory

The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth. ↗

— Irving Langmuir

#curiosity #desire #motivated #primarily #scientist