John C. Maxwell Quotes

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.

I have never been motivated by money.

I'm not driven by money and I'm not driven by career.

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live.

I don't think it's a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to not be struggling for survival. For people who don't know where their next meal is coming, notions of finding inner motivation are comical.

I just want to work on things that move me.

It's not all about money for me.

What inspires me in life? The idea that the work and the rewards and the process is the thing.

I want everybody to find meaning in whatever they do. That's the only purpose to life, actually. Let that meaning be so strong that you can't not wake up every day and be like, "Yep, this is what I gotta do, let's keep it moving" and not be disgruntled about it, and start using other people as excuses for why you're not creating a better life for yourself.

Perhaps your challenge isn't finding a better project or a better boss. Perhaps you need to get in touch with what it means to feel passionate. People with passion look for ways to make things happen.

People who succeed in life have a need for something greater than themselves.

Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress; working hard for somthing we love is called passion.

Don't chase the money... chase the passion. Because that's what is going to keep you happy and motivated and jumping out of that bed Monday morning.

When people are inspired, they don't need motivation.

I like to receive money for my work. But I can pass that up this time. I like to have people know my work is done by me. But I can pass that up. I like to have tenants made happy by my work. But that doesn't matter too much. The only thing that matters, my goal, my reward, my beginning, my end is the work itself. My work done my way. Peter, there's nothing in the world that you can offer me, except this. Offer me this and you can have anything I've got to give. My work done my way. A private, personal, selfish, egotistical motivation. That's the only way I function. That's all I am.

If you're not excited by it, why do you do it?

Money is not the sole or most powerful motivation for many people. A higher and tougher test is to look back and see how you've made the world a better place.

I have no motif, only motivation. I believe that motivation is the real thing, the natural thing, and that the motif is old-fashioned, even reactionary (as stupid as the question about the meaning of life)

I have no idea how to start doing something that doesn't connect with me or my soul, somehow.

You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion.

My whole life is driven by love. It always has been. It's never been driven by material things - which are just benefits of doing something I loved.

So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.

The happiest people are the ones who follow their own dreams most closely.

Some people are born with a fire inside them. The will to succeed. It isn’t a learned behavior. It’s just some unknown biological factor that makes them try harder.

I feel a passion for what we're trying to do.I mean, why does somebody who's old who's a writer keep writing? Because that's who they are.