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Results from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations:

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.: Donald Trump (1946 - ), "Trump: Art of the Deal"
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Results from Classic Quotes:

I have come to the conclusion that my subjective account of my motivation is largely mythical on almost all occasions. I don't know why I do things.: J. B. S. Haldane (1892 - 1964)
We know nothing about motivation. All we can of is write books about it.: Peter Drucker (1909 - 2005)

Results from Cole's Quotables:

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, Thinking About Quality
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.: Lou Holtz
The greater the loyalty of a group toward the group, the greater is the motivation among the members to achieve the goals of the group, and the greater the probability that the group will achieve its goals.: Rensis Likert

Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

Your motivation? Your motivation is your pay packet on Friday. Now get on with it.: Noel Coward (1899 - 1973)

Results from Poor Man's College:

We always do what we MOST WANT to do, whether or not we like what we are doing at each instant of our lives. Wanting and liking many times are not the same thing. Many people have done what they say they didn't want to do at a particular moment. And that may be true until one looks deeper into the motivation behind the doing. What they are really saying is the price they will have to pay or the consequences they will have to endure, for not doing that something may be too high or onerous for them not to do it. Such as going to work. Many people say they don't want to go to work and yet they go. Which means they don't want to risk losing their jobs and the negative hurting emotions associated with not having a job. It has been estimated about 90% to 95% of all people work at jobs which are unfulfilling and which they dislike and would leave in a minute if they only knew what they really wanted to do.: Sidney Madwed
The motivation for all personal behavior is to produce a sense of "FEEL GOOD," a sense of inner peace and well being. To expect a person to go against his desire to feel good or as good as he can feel under any momentary condition is illogical and irrational. In the observation of human behavior, one will notice every human act is a response to a personal need. This is true whether one signs a million dollar contract, scratches one's nose, rolls over in bed, or just day dreams his life away. People will do things which seem contrary to this concept, but the bottom line is they perceive some kind of payoff which will make them feel good. And the payoff is almost always emotional. When you ask people why they want to be financially independent, they might say that they could buy things without having to worry about where the money will come from. And when they worry, they don't FEEL GOOD. A drug addict, a compulsive eater, an alcoholic and anyone with a compulsive habit will continue with their habits because at the moment of action they believe and feel it will make them feel good. That is why breaking compulsive habits are so difficult.: Sidney Madwed
The term "learning disability" has appeal because it implies a specific neurological condition for which no one can be held particularly responsible, and yet it escapes the stigma of mental retardation. There is no implication of neglect, emotional disturbance, or improper training or education, nor does it imply a lack of motivation on the part of the child. For these cosmetic reasons, it is a rather nice term to have around.: U. S. Government Study On The Labeling Of Children

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