Alexis de Tocqueville on Motivation
Browse 2 quotations attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville, catalogued under motivation, with dates where available.
This page displays 2 quotations attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville and filed under "motivation" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville, entry #202412: "What chiefly diverts the men of democracies from lofty ambition is not the scantiness of their fortunes, but the vehemence of the exertions they daily make to improve them."
Attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville, entry #145517: "The French are … the most brilliant and the most dangerous nation of Europe, and the one that is surest to inspire admiration, hatred, terror, or pity, but never indifference."
2 Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville on Motivation
"What chiefly diverts the men of democracies from lofty ambition is not the scantiness of their fortunes, but the vehemence of the exertions they daily make to improve them."
"The French are … the most brilliant and the most dangerous nation of Europe, and the one that is surest to inspire admiration, hatred, terror, or pity, but never indifference."