Top 1200 Money Motivation Quotes & Sayings

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Last updated on April 14, 2025.
There's a big difference between motivation and inspiration: Inspire through values and motivation takes care of itself.
I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.
If your motivation for acquiring money or success comes from a non-supportive root such as fear, anger or the need to 'prove' yourself, your money will never bring you happiness.
I never struggle for motivation, that's for sure. Motivation is something that burns within. — © Christian Horner
I never struggle for motivation, that's for sure. Motivation is something that burns within.
The reason or motivation you have for making money or creating success is vital.
The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what? After you start doing the thing, that's when the motivation comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it.
The whole idea of motivation is a trap, forget motivation, just do it
My money thing, I never wanted to have my motivation to be money, that's not why I got into this sport, I got into it to be a world champion.
My principal motivation is supporting my family, which is not a bad reason for getting up in the morning. That's always been my motivation - to take care of the people who rely on me.
In my case, my life has changed and improved because different things have motivated me. For example, in the beginning, my motivation was to help my family. Later on, my motivation was to be the best.
There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.
To walk in money through the night crowd, protected by money, lulled by money, dulled by money, the crowd itself a money, the breath money, no least single object anywhere that is not money. Money, money everywhere and still not enough! And then no money, or a little money, or less money, or more money but money always money. and if you have money, or you don't have money, it is the money that counts, and money makes money, but what makes money make money?
One of the things we know is that you cannot motivate other people, but you can remove the obstacles that stop them from motivating themselves. All motivation is self-motivation.
Money can extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, encourage unethical behavior, foster short-term thinking, and become addictive.
Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money. — © Barbara Ehrenreich
Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.
If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.
We must have a pure, honest, and warm-hearted motivation, and on top of that, determination, optimism, hope, and the ability not to be discouraged. The whole of humanity depends on this motivation.
Everyone is motivated a little or a lot to do something or nothing. Motivation is the internalized drive toward the dominant thought of the moment. By definition, motivation is "motive in action."
Maintain that motivation to go from A to B and to keep your focus on that target without any weakening. That is called tenacity; stamina in your motivation.
Money has never been a motivation.
I think that's really really important, you can't get in the industry, because you want to make money because number one, I don't think money should be motivation for anything because I don't believe that it has any value.
The best motivation is self-motivation.
I don't feel like a different person. My motivation has always been to do technology apps and companies, not making money. Just because the money's come, nothing's changed.
I don't aim for money. Money never has or will be my motivation. I
My motivation has always been to do technology apps and companies, not making money. Just because the money's come, nothing's changed.
If the only thing that you want to do is make money - if that's your whole motivation - I think you're lying to yourself. If the only motivation you have is to make money and make it, what's making it? Oh, you get a yacht or an island. Well, you're going to need someone to be on that island. You're going to need people, one way or another.
I truly believe motivation is internal, but there are so many things that happen externally, and it's hard to not pick that up as motivation.
Actors always ask their directors what their motivation is in this scene or that scene, so I've always had this joke where I ask the director what my motivation is too. As a stunt person your motivation is usually to fall over a bench or something.
Popular success is a wonderful gift if it happens, but like money, it's not the motivation. The effort to create a work of art that is true and potentially lasting, that is the very best work of art you can create at that point in your life - a book that may only reach or move a few people but will seem to people somehow transformative. That's the ideal; that's always the motivation.
Hard work and diligence are essential to success, but they require an internal motivation. That internal motivation is Vision
No matter what happens to our game, money won't be a motivation for me.
I will say, for Wu-Tang, money wasn't the motivation, it was artistic domination.
There is no editor or agent or person with a sack of money that will magically come down and give you motivation to make your thing.
The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.
Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I'm just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer I would willingly play for nothing.
We certainly haven't used that as a motivation, ... The games themselves and the time that they've put in in preparation for these games is motivation enough. I don't think that has anything to do with it at all.
Motivation is not hard at all because it's such a fun job and everything about it is so exciting so you never really lose motivation.
It's the job of a manager not to light the fire of motivation, but to create an environment to let each person's personal spark of motivation blaze.
The culture of undermining sends signals of disrespect. This approach not only saps motivation and undermines teamwork, it also lowers the motivation to work extra hours anticipating what can go wrong.
The moment money becomes your motivation, you are immediately not as good as someone who is stimulated by passion and internal will. — © Sebastian Vettel
The moment money becomes your motivation, you are immediately not as good as someone who is stimulated by passion and internal will.
I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you.
Difference between motivation and inspiration - Motivation is external and short lived. Inspiration is internal and lifelong
The only long-term motivation is self motivation. So hire people who are self motivated and get out of their way.
In total, by giving people $30 bonus, Intel lost almost 5 percent of productivity. That's a lot. Now, think about it. You give money because you think this would increase motivation. It actually decreases motivation.
Everyone wants more money, but if the motivation is money it's not going to work, if that's the only thing you want.
Don't worry about motivation. Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes. It is unreliable - and when you are counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished, you will likely fall short.
The momentum of continuous action fuels motivation, while procrastination kills motivation.
I remember when I left Newcastle to join Tottenham Hotspur, the money was in no way a motivation for me, it was all about becoming a better player.
The motivation to do anything - like change your entire life around - doesn't just come from some magical, mystical place within you. Action is both the effect of motivation and the cause of it.
The biggest motivation is not the money but the impact. — © Matt Mullenweg
The biggest motivation is not the money but the impact.
Desiring to excel is not a sin. It is motivation that determines ambition's character. Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.
Desire is the mother of motivation because that is where your motivation is born.
I just can't get excited about money as a motivation in a film. It leaves me cold.
When I look at China's environmental problems, the real barrier is not lack of technology or money. It's lack of motivation.
Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit.
By unlinking your money motivation from anger, fear, and the need to prove yourself, you can install new links for earning your money through purpose, contribution, and joy.
Money. The ultimate motivation. The ultimate way of keeping score.
When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: money.
I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.
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