Alain de Botton Quotes, Motivation Quotes, Believe Quotes

The problem is if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, you’ll also, by implication … believe in a society where those who deserve to get to the bottom also get to the bottom and stay there.

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Every human action, whether it has become positive or negative, must depend on motivation.

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There are those... who enter the world in such poverty that they are deprived of both the means and the motivation to improve their lot. Unless these unfortunates can be touched with the spark which ignites the spirit of individual enterprise and determination, they will only sink back into renewed apathy, degradation and despair. It is for us, who are more fortunate, to provide that spark.

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Your motivation should be sincere and your life should be of benefit to some people. That is the main thing. Don't care after my death.

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Economists and workplace consultants regard it as almost unquestioned dogma that people are motivated by rewards, so they don't feel the need to test this. It has the status more of religious truth than scientific hypothesis. The facts are absolutely clear. There is no question that in virtually all circumstances in which people are doing things in order to get rewards, extrinsic tangible rewards undermine intrinsic motivation.The bonus myth: How paying for results can backfire The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.

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The whole visible world is perhaps nothing other than a motivation of man's wish to rest for a moment an attempt to falsify the fact of knowledge, to try to turn the knowledge into the goal.

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Both of them can get it. They can line up. I'll fight both of them in one night, and I bet it won't go 12 rounds.

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unless the direction of science is guided by a consciously ethical motivation, especially compassion, its effects may fail to bring benefit. They may indeed cause great harm.

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Freud was way off base in considering sex the fundamental motivation. The ruling passion in men is minding each other's business.

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Ay Dad, brush my hair one time. Hey pops! Come brush my hair.

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Sometimes our motivations can be quite hazy, contradictory and multi-faceted, in real life.

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I joke, but I only half joke, that if you come to one of our hospitals missing a limb, no one will believe you till they get a CAT scan, MRI, or orthopedic consult.

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It is better to be making the news than taking it, to be an actor rather than a critic.

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A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness.

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Perhaps, in retrospect, there would be little motivation even for malevolent extraterrestrials to attack the Earth; perhaps, after a preliminary survey, they might decide it is more expedient just to be patient for a little while and wait for us to self-destruct.

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Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.

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Inspiration comes from so many things that it's hard to define what that is or when it happens. It's always been a strong feeling that comes over me in a given moment, and it feels like hope, desire, strength, magic, excitement. A supreme motivation to create or do something special. To win for love.

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In adversity, there is opportunity. Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity. I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity. Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.

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What keeps me going is goals.

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It happens that once we learn a thing, the motivation to keep it up grows and expands further as well. If you're going through hell, keep going.

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