Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best. - Andrew Carnegie

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Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from crimes against themselves or their property. When government-- in pursuit of good intentions tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.

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Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it. — Lou Holtz

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Thus if we know a child has had sufficient opportunity to observe and acquire a behavioural sequence, and we know he is physically capable of performng the act but does not do so, tehn it is reasonable to assume that it is motivation which is lacking

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Be your own motivation. — Jon Jones

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It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently. ― Anthony Robbins

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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. — Daniel H. Pink

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I'm doing this for my family and my country. — Manny Pacquiao

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He's a smart guy, but I think I'm a genius. — Nonito Donaire

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The harder you fall, the heavier your heart the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal. ― Criss Jami

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