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Motivation   /mˌoʊtəvˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Motivation

noun
1.
The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior.  Synonyms: motive, need.  "He acted with the best of motives"
2.
The condition of being motivated.
3.
The act of motivating; providing incentive.  Synonym: motivating.



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"Motivation" Quotes from Famous Books



... revision. A study of the manuscript shows that she was a careful workman, and that in polishing this bizarre story she strove consistently for greater credibility and realism, more dramatic (if sometimes melodramatic) presentation of events, better motivation, conciseness, and exclusion of purple passages. In the revision and rewriting, many additions were made, so that Mathilda is appreciably longer than The Fields of Fancy. But the additions are usually improvements: a much fuller account of Mathilda's father and mother and of their marriage, ...
— Mathilda • Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

... of circumscribed self-interest during an era of political and industrial expansion has been adopted by philosophers as the guide as well as a clue to conduct; it was hailed by them as a sufficient and complete motivation for wealth creation; they used it as a basis of a theory for race progress resting solely on the efforts of men to satisfy their material needs through their ability to capture goods. This motive ...
— Creative Impulse in Industry - A Proposition for Educators • Helen Marot

... must feel motives and see ideals. They do not live by rules any more than we do. Besides the rule that is known there must be a reason for following it and a strong desire to do so. All ethical teaching needs this imperative and motivation of religion, the quickening of loyalty to high ideals, the doing of the right for reasons of love as well ...
— Religious Education in the Family • Henry F. Cope



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