It was then that I started spending a great deal of time wondering exactly what motivation is and how it works for people my age. It was then that I decided a motivated person has six main character traits. It is basically the six steps necessary to reach your goals and the character traits a person needs to be motivated. Below I will outline these traits and give quotes I found which I felt were appropriate for each of the steps. Keep this constantly in mind.
Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Before you begin a project and before you can truly succeed in anything like college, you must have a genuine desire to reach your goals. People who are not committed to a project will provide only a small amount of effort. But those who have the desire to succeed can use that desire if they know how to apply it. Too many people think that achieving great things involves one big decision at a monumental moment. Reality teaches us that great things and truly great people are made not by what happened in grandiose moments but in the many smaller situations which we orchestrate through preparation.