Category: motivation...

factors within a being that arouse and direct goal-oriented behavior - a central subject in psychology
man's capacity for motivation serve an evolutionary purpose just as his physical characteristics do
AH Maslow's hierarchy of motivation, from physiological (hunger, thirst) to needs for safety, belongingness, and love - to needs for self-actualization and various cognitive and aesthetic goals
there can be no motivation without a goal
the degree of ambivalence a person feels about his object of desire, one's ability to visualize one's goal clearly, and one's ability to break the goal down into accomplishable smaller tasks
motivations greatly influence a person's choice of occupation
the best motivation for meditation is to live to your full potential and to benefit others
when your acts are motivated by kindness, generosity, love, and wisdom, then abundance and happiness will follow
motives are sometimes classified into "pushes" and "pulls"
No human being is master of his fate, and... we are all motivated for more than we care to admit by characteristics inherited from our ancestors which individual experiences of childhood can modify, repress, or enhance, but not erase. (A. E. Meyer)