Sample sentences for MOTIVATION

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Definition

the reason for doing something; or the level of desire to do something

A generous commission structure provides motivation to our salespeople.

motivation = reason for doing something

The team's motivation is high.

motivation = desire to do something

She used those early taunts as motivation to succeed.

motivation = something to increase desire to do something

She insists that she had no political motivation.

motivation = reason for doing something

I can offer insight on the results of her actions, but not about her motivation.

motivation = reason for doing something

We hope you share this book with others, use it as a tool for inspiration and motivation, and make all your dreams come true.
Sampon Davis, et. al. -- We Beat the Street
We can only deduce, also, the motivations for "Nick's" engineering of her escape.
Margaret Atwood -- The Handmaid's Tale
Indeed, while the main motivation for joining this global movement is to help others, the result is often to help oneself.
Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
It is your way of giving thanks for the successes—to offer inspiration and motivation to those who follow you or look up to you.
Sampon Davis, et. al. -- We Beat the Street
If I knew for sure that I, and I alone, was your motivation ....
Kiera Cass -- The Selection
Now that YOU are home, alive and well, you have judged the judgments of others, analyzed their intentions, behaviors, personalities and motivations.
Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air
The meaning of courage, like political motivations, is frequently misunderstood.
John F. Kennedy -- Profiles in Courage
"And more recently," Odin announced, "I endured seven weeks of motivational speaker training at a hotel in Peoria to discover .... this!"
Rick Riordan -- The Sword of Summer
Despite the compliment, I liked Odin better as a taciturn half-troll than as a motivational speaker.
Rick Riordan -- The Sword of Summer
At first I wanted nothing more than to be like others, but that motivation grew.
Dave Pelzer -- A Child Called It
The number-one motivation on Iwo Jima was to stand with your buddies and not let them down.
James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
Perhaps the currents of thought and motivation run deeper than we sometimes think.
James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
For not a single one of the men whose stories appear in the preceding pages offers a simple, clear-cut picture of motivation and accomplishment.
John F. Kennedy -- Profiles in Courage
Motivation, as any psychiatrist will tell us, is always difficult to assess.
John F. Kennedy -- Profiles in Courage
I bite my lip trying to figure out his motivation.
Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games

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