#motivator

The fame and reputation part came later, and never was much of a motivator, although it did enable me to work without feeling guilty about neglecting my studies. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#although #came #did #enable #fame

Nothing says "you're a loser" more than owning a motivational poster about being a winner. ↗

— Justin Sewell

#demotivators #motivational

I consider myself a court jester - motivator. ↗

— Richard Simmons

#court #i #motivator #myself

I find fear is a great motivator to work hard. ↗

— Greg Kinnear

#find #great #hard #i #motivator

Teach every child you meet the importance of forgiveness. It's our only hope of surviving their wrath once they realize just how badly we've screwed things up for them. ↗

— Justin Sewell

#demotivators #forgiveness

The music I listen to while writing is really scene-specific. It's just a great motivator, a way to put myself in the mood. ↗

— Jeff Vandermeer

#i #just #listen #mood #motivator

Once you have love as a motivator in a story, your character is free to do anything. Once you say the character is in love, he can do the craziest thing that nobody would do who's not in love. Once you're in love, you have that excuse to go and do whatever you want. ↗

— Josh Hutcherson

#character #craziest #excuse #free #go

I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don't know if I'm the monarch of all I survey. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#expectations #failure #fear #future #great

Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#because #creativity #doing #everyone #fun

I think you can be the greatest orator of all time, the greatest motivator of all times, but if those players know that you don't care about them, and you don't try to understand them, then they're never going to hear what you have to say. ↗

— Mike Singletary

#care #going #greatest #hear #i