Associations to the word «Motivate»

Wiktionary

MOTIVATE, verb. (transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.
MOTIVATE, verb. (transitive) To animate; to propel; to cause to take action

Dictionary definition

MOTIVATE, verb. Give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin