Jesse Jackson Quotes

I never struggle for motivation, that's for sure. Motivation is something that burns within.

You must desire the fire, and claim your flame!

Part of our job as human beings is to share our knowledge and share the things we've learned. So we can either save people from making the same mistakes, or give them hope.

The key to motivation is motive. It's the why. It's the deeper yes! burning inside that makes it easier to say no to the less important.

unless the sun inside you is burning your gut, don't do it

The best way I have ever found to fill that hole is not to seek external motivations to fill the emptiness, but to ignite the internal fire that will never go out. To light up my own inner sky.

Real motivation is that drive from within: You know where you are going because you have a compelling image inside, not a travel poster on the wall.

There are moments when our passions speak and decide for us ... like a fire kindled within our being to which everything else in us is mere fuel.

This fire in me, it's not just the hunger of a woman for a man - it's the hunger of all my people back of me, from all ages, for light, for the life higher!

If you are going to wait for someone to encourage you to do something, you just better give up.

Do you depend on others for motivation - or can you motivate yourself?

Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.

The best motivation is self-motivation.

My whole goal is just to keep myself motivated. If I'm motivated, if I'm on fire, it's going to catch with somebody else.

My desire is to stand by the fire that burns inside of you.

Like most teachers, I'm just another sower of seeds.

The Greeks bequeathed to us one of the most beautiful words in our language--the word 'enthusiasm'--en theos--a god within. The grandeur of human actions is measured by the inspiration from which they spring. Happy is he who bears a god within, and who obeys it.

Is it the gods who set this fire in our hearts, or do we each make our fierce desire into a god?

It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others.

Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.

When people are motivated by principles larger than themselves, you don't have to beat them over the head to get them to act. You simply empower them, you inform them, you give them tools, and they take it upon themselves to act.

You can have children and love them with all your heart and soul, and love your family, and it's still OK to have a fire in you. That doesn't have anything to do with your family.

I'm competing with everyone, but it's okay because they're not aware. I can't shut that impulse off. And I'm glad, because that impulse keeps me on the treadmill. If I didn't have it, I would be like, "Great! Ten minutes! I'm good." But if I'm competing, I can see what level someone's on and I can top it.

Why are some people born with a fire in the belly, while others need something to get their pilot light lit?

Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior. Your inner drives will propel you further and faster than external perks.