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4f51118 Real change is difficult at the beginning. Without the familiar to rely upon, you may not in as much command as you had once been. When things are not going your way, you will start doubting yourself. Stay positive, keep the faith, and keep moving forward - your breakthrough may be just around the corner. breakthrough just-around-the-corner stay-positive faith inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life change inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational optimism life inspirational keep-moving-forward Roy T. Bennett
e575179 We all have negative thoughts now and then, but we can choose not to dwell there and not to let them control us. inspiration inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire life-and-living life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational life-lessons optimism life inspirational Roy T. Bennett
4573631 People are successful because they think and act like successful people. inspiration inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire life-and-living life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational success life-lessons optimism life inspirational Roy T. Bennett
2806e9d Keep your promises and be consistent. Be the kind of person others can trust. consistent keep-your-promises leadership trust inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational optimism life inspirational leader leaders Roy T. Bennett
d5e5e02 Life is short. Focus on what really matters most; you should change your priorities over time. time leadership inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational optimism life inspirational priorities leader leaders priority focus Roy T. Bennett
7cedbdd The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the planet need not be zero-sum, and that as long as the sun still shines and people still can plan and plant, think and do, we can, if we bother to try, find ways to provide for ourselves without diminishing the world. relationships inspiration motivation happiness planet sharing gardening eating food Michael Pollan
03c11f6 Until you change how you get things done, you'll never know what works best. inspiration inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire life-and-living life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational life-lessons optimism life inspirational doing Roy T. Bennett
b8b1fd8 I know this goes without saying, but Stonehenge really was the most incredible accomplishment. It took five hundred men just to pull each sarsen, plus a hundred more to dash around positioning the rollers. Just think about it for a minute. Can you imagine trying to talk six hundred people into helping you drag a fifty-ton stone eighteen miles across the countryside and muscle it into an upright position, and then saying, 'Right, lads! Another twenty like that, plus some lintels and maybe a couple of dozen nice bluestones from Wales, and we can party!' Whoever was the person behind Stonehenge was one dickens of a motivator, I'll tell you that. history motivation humor stonehenge Bill Bryson
22ab1ae Create your own miracles; do what you think you cannot do. action inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational optimism life inspirational doing miracles Roy T. Bennett
f0d1116 Your beliefs affect your choices. Your choices shape your actions. Your actions determine your results. The future you create depends upon the choices you make and the actions you take today. action future choice leadership inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational optimism life inspirational leader leaders beliefs believe belief decision choices Roy T. Bennett
f5eaac9 The voice says, maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things you don't do. The things you don't finish. living motivation life-lessons life thought-provoking insight Chuck Palahniuk
c90b454 Dedicate yourself to what gives your life true meaning and purpose; make a positive difference in someone's life. inspiration inspirational-attitude inspirational-life inspirational-quotes inspire life-and-living life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational life-lessons optimism life inspirational dedication purpose Roy T. Bennett
8f06c8b Finding the lesson behind every adversity will be the one important thing that helps get you through it. inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational optimism life inspirational adversity challenge Roy T. Bennett
0d70a47 Leaders are limited by their vision rather than by their abilities. ability leadership inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation inspiring motivational life inspirational leader leaders vision Roy T. Bennett
5849788 Stop comparing yourself to others. Always strive to improve yourself to become better today than you were yesterday to serve those around you and the world. be-yourself kindness inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational optimism life inspirational authentic-living growth Roy T. Bennett
218627d Focus on making choices to lead your life that aligns with your core values in the most purposeful way possible. choice core-values leadership inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational optimism life inspirational choices Roy T. Bennett
1d4dee6 One of the best ways to influence people is to make those around you feel important. influence leadership inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation inspiring motivational life inspirational leader leaders Roy T. Bennett
b485906 You don't go walking into the proverbial lion's den lightly. You start with a good breakfast. motivation Jim Butcher
7594a7d The more you believed in yourself, the more you could trust yourself. The more you trust yourself, the less you compare yourself to others. trust-yourself inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life spirituality inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational optimism life inspirational believe-in-yourself authentic-living believe Roy T. Bennett
e203da9 Remember that things are not always as they appear to be... Curiosity creates possibilities and opportunities. opportunity leadership inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation optimistic positive-affirmation positive-life inspiring positive positive-thinking motivational optimism life inspirational possibility leader leaders curiosity creativity Roy T. Bennett
59e709c The more you talk about them, the more important they will feel. The more you listen to them, the more important you will make them feel. influence leadership inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation inspiring motivational life inspirational listen leader leaders important talk listening talking Roy T. Bennett
e9ba4c0 Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners. motivation willpower self-confidence William Shakespeare
020314a It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly. bravery work motivation strength inspirational business challenge Isaac Asimov
b9ce833 Real change is difficult at the beginning, but gorgeous at the end. Change begins the moment you get the courage and step outside your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone. start-up step-out-of-your-comfort-zone courage dream leadership inspiration inspirational-quotes inspire life-quotes living motivation dreams change inspiring motivational life inspirational comfort-zone achievement leader leaders Roy T. Bennett
229f4cc You make mistakes, mistakes don't make you motivation motivational success life inspirational mistakes failure Maxwell Maltz
3f163fc Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before. motivation personal-transformation Joseph Campbell
3a56bda I put on the boots and kicked some monster ass. motivation Jim Butcher
760660e Anything which is physically possible can always be made financially possible; money is a bugaboo of small minds. money motivation Robert A. Heinlein
27625fe You touch some of the reasons for my going, not for my staying away. risk motivation submission Charles Dickens
79fb381 To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation and when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. inspiration motivation life Paulo Coelho
ab3ac8d If you wait until your motives are pure and unselfish before you do something, you will wait forever. faith motivation heart Timothy Keller
643bfab but I have no mind for business and considered staying awake to be enough of an accomplishment. inspiration motivation work-ethic lazy David Sedaris
c137c1c The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her. writing motivation Steven Pressfield
c09e6de He had made himself believe that he was going to get well, which was really more than half the battle. motivation Frances Hodgson Burnett
150c93d In honor of Oprah Winfrey: Even greater than the ability to inspire others with hope is the power to motivate them to give as much to the lives of others as they would give to their own; and to empower them to confront the worst in themselves in order to discover and claim the best in themselves. gratitude television inspiration motivation spirituality empowerment hope blog-quotes positive-motivation famous-poets oprah-winfrey quotes-by-aberjhani rare-personalities world-suicide-prevention-day celebrities coaching philanthropy famous-authors personal-growth grace Aberjhani
a91b7e1 In a story you had to find a reason, but real life gets on very well without even Freudian motivations. reason motivation Anthony Burgess
8dedff9 If you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, then someday you can do the things you want do when you want to do them. motivation discipline John C. Maxwell
f305f21 Most people who decide to grow personally find their first mentors in the pages of books. motivation John C. Maxwell
50e5e5b "...the worst thing said about him is that he was "uncurious." motivation enthusiasm Yvon Chouinard
2718e4a When we pray we admit defeat. motivation spirituality taking-action Anthony Burgess
445e24c "Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?" [Sherlock Holmes on his .]" motivation raison-d-être sherlock-holmes Arthur Conan Doyle
bd67998 In the very act of writing I felt pleased with what I did. There was the pleasure of having words come to me, and the pleasure of ordering them, re-ordering them, weighing one against another. Pleasure also in the imagination of the story, the feeling that it could mean something. Mostly I was glad to find out that I could write at all. In writing you work toward a result you won't see for years, and can't be sure you'll ever see. It takes stamina and self-mastery and faith. It demands those things of you, then gives them back with a little extra, a surprise to keep you coming. It toughens you and clears your head. I could feel it happening. I was saving my life with every word I wrote, and I knew it. writing motivation Tobias Wolff
4e1445b The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place. Once you actually begin work on a valuable task, you seem to be naturally motivated to continue. work motivation success start importance task Brian Tracy
0e983cb J.R.R.Tolkien has confessed that about a third of the way through The Fellowship of the Ring, some ruffian named Strider confronted the hobbits in an inn, and Tolkien was in despair. He didn't know who Strider was, where the book was going, or what to write next. Strider turns out to be no lesser person than Aragorn, the unrecognized and uncrowned king of all the forces of good, whose restoration to rule is, along with the destruction of the evil ring, the engine that moves the plot of the whole massive trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. tolkien motivation strider character-building writing-books plot fiction-writing lord-of-the-rings Ansen Dibell
566eb71 The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration. writing inspiration motivation Steven Pressfield
e625607 "There is a sense in which all cognition can be said to be motivated. One is motivated to understand the world, to be in touch with reality, to remove doubt, etc. Alternately one might say that motivation is an aspect of cognition itself. Nevertheless, motives like wanting to find the truth, not wanting to be mistaken, etc., tend to align with epistemic goals in a way that many other commitments do not. As we have begun to see, all reasoning may be inextricable from emotion. But if a person's primary motivation in holding a belief is to hue to a positive state of mind, to mitigate feelings of anxiety, embarrassment, or guilt for instance. This is precisely what we mean by phrases like "wishful thinking", and "self-deception". Such a person will of necessity be less responsive to valid chains of evidence and argument that run counter to the beliefs he is seeking to maintain. To point out non-epistemic motives in an others view of the world, therefore, is always a criticism, as it serves to cast doubt on a persons connection to the world as it is." emotion morality motivation religion Sam Harris
14f112f "I have no profession. It is another example of my decadence. My attitude - quite an indefensible one - is that so long as I am no trouble to any one I have a right to do as I like. I know I ought to be getting money out of people, or devoting myself to things I don't care a straw about, but somehow, I've not been able to begin." "You are quite fortunate, it is quite a wonderful opportunity, the possession of leisure." money motivation occupations E.M. Forster
0460e17 Vainglory, however, no matter how much medieval Christianity insisted it was a sin, is a motor of mankind, no more eradicable than sex. mankind sex motivation vainglory vice sin Barbara W. Tuchman
e2c2d53 If there was a reason why he preferred the liberal tendency to the conservative one (also held to by many of his circle), it was not because he found the liberal tendency more sensible, but it more closely suited his manner of life. morality motivation Leo Tolstoy
140fb6b The older I get, the more I see how much motivations matter. The Zune was crappy because the people at Microsoft don't really love music or art the way we do. We won because we personally love music. We made the iPod for ourselves, and when you're doing something for yourself, or your best friend or family, you're not going to cheese out. If you don't love something, you're not going to cheese out. If you don't love something, you're not going to cheese out. If you don't love something, you're not going to go the extra mile, work the extra weekend, challenge the status quo as much. motivation hustling business-culture Walter Isaacson
3294bdf To have touched the feet of Christ is no excuse for mistakes in punctuation. If a man writes well only when he's drunk, then I'll tell him: Get drunk. And if he says that it's bad for his liver, I'll answer: What's your liver? A dead thing that lives while you live, whereas the poems you write live without while. poetry writing motivation Fernando Pessoa
c04505d I have never created anything in my life that did not make me feel, at some point or another, like I was the guy who just walked into a fancy ball wearing a homemade lobster costume. But you must stubbornly walk into that room, regardless, and you must hold your head high. You made it; you get to put it out there. Never apologize for it, never explain it away, never be ashamed of it. You did your best with what you knew, and you worked with what you had, in the time that you were given. You were invited, and you showed up, and you simply cannot do more that that. They might throw you out - but then again, they might not. They probably won't throw you out, actually. The ballroom is often more welcoming and supportive than you could ever imagine. Somebody might even think you're brilliant and marvelous. You might end up dancing with royalty. Or you might just end up having to dance alone in the corner of the castle with your big, ungainly red foam claws waving in the empty air. that's fine, too. Sometimes it's like that. What you absolutely must not do is turn around and walk out. Otherwise, you will miss the party, and that would be a pity, because - please believe me - we did not come all this great distance, and make all this great effort, only to miss the party at the last moment. individuality motivation inspirational support hard-work work-ethic pride creativity Elizabeth Gilbert
d8d1f4d She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; motivation relatable Lewis Carroll
8a5f417 Yours is a race whose imagination is limited to its own small appetites. Greed, lust, envy - these are the motivating forces of humankind. What redeems you is that in every man and woman there is a seed that can grow to encompass love, joy and compassion. But this seed is never allowed to prosper in fertile ground. It struggles for life among the rocks of your human soul. good humanity motivation love David Gemmell
81d3b54 You can't think about how much you have left to do because that's just one thought, one sad thought, that'll make you bummed out all day long. Instead you've got to think about how much you've already done. motivation motivational motivational-quotes patience Catherine Gilbert Murdock
9b41b75 Be thankful for the people who have stood by you and cheered you on, but don't forget to be thankful for the ones that said it could not be done. Writing a book is no small task and even the skeptics can help you get where you want to be! writing motivation ck-webb supporters skeptics CK Webb
803ac94 "I turned from my window. Suddenly it seemed odd for my neighbors on both sides to have visitors while I had none. For the first time, I felt lonely at 'Sconset. "Let's cook," Frannie said energetically. "We will smell so good that they'll all come running." She picked up a bowl, filled it with apples from the barrel, and immediately began to cut them up. I put water to boil, got out cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, lard, flour, sugar, salt, saleratus, vinegar, and all the other things for apple pies. We both laughed happily. How easy it is, we thought, to make a decision, to implement a remedy, to act." motivation Sena Jeter Naslund
091165a In our twenties we have conflicts. We think everything is either-or, black or white: we are caught between them and we lose all our energy in the conflicts. My answer, later on in maturity, was to do them all. Not to exclude any, not to make a choice. I wanted to be everything. And I took everything in, and the more you take in, the more strength you find waiting to accomplish things and to expand your life, instead of the other (which is what we have been taught to do) which is to look for structure and to fear change, above all to fear change. Now I didn't fear change. motivation life Anaïs Nin
50d033c I am always on the edge of what I am doing. I do everything badly, sloppily, to get it over with so that I can get on to the next thing that I will do badly and sloppily so that I can then do nothing - which I do anxiously, distractedly, wondering all the time if there isn't something else I should be getting on with. work motivation purpose Geoff Dyer
c9f8131 No matter what the industry you choose to ultimately invest all your time and energy in, be sure you're the owner, founder, and CEO. Remember, if you don't own it, you can't control it nor can you depend on it. money wealth inspiration motivation success brandi-l-bates-quotes brendon-burchard ceo entrepreneurship entrepreneur entrepreneurship-quotes investments self-help-inspirational elizabeth-gilbert chess personal-development ownership Brandi L. Bates
56748e8 If you've got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages. individuality motivation Michael Lewis
5b0bf06 When we're determined to reach an objective, it's the gap between where we are and where we aspire to be that lights a fire under us. motivation Adam M. Grant
d446d05 What baseball managers did do, on occasion, beginning in the early 1980s, was hire some guy who knew how to switch on the computer. But they did this less with honest curiosity than in the spirit of a beleaguered visitor to Morocco hiring a tour guide: pay off one so that the seventy-five others will stop trying to trade you their camels for your wife. Which one you pay off is largely irrelevant. motivation objectivity Michael Lewis
7d32a96 Fear can be a big motivator. motivation Maria V. Snyder
af5637b "He not only had the gift of "reading" men and women, of seeing into their hearts, he also had the gift of putting himself in their place, of not just seeing what they felt but of feeling what they felt, almost as if what had happened to them had happened to him, too." motivation mentoring Robert A. Caro
269ebab Fear is a powerful stimulant. motivation Margaret Atwood
2f593d7 A man doesn't know till he tries it how killing uncongenial work is, and how it destroys the power of doing what one's fit for, even if there's time for both. work motivation grindstone servitude Edith Wharton
7cae547 Evil is a word used by the ignorant and the weak. The Dark Side is about survival. It's about unleashing your inner power. It glorifies the strength of the individual. motivation motivational inspirational dark-side darth-bane sith-lord zannah sith star-wars Drew Karpyshyn
4bab279 When our commitment is wavering, the best way to stay on track is to consider the progress we've already made. As we recognize what we've invested and attained, it seems like a waste to give up, and our confidence and commitment surge. perseverance self-doubt motivation grit Adam M. Grant
b65d3cb You don't need to be a scientist to know how powerful your imagination is. motivation wisdom great-authors great-books metaphysics passages-malibu encouragement Chris Prentiss
06c2c2a My greatest urge in life is to do nothing. It's not even an absence of motivation, a lack, for I do have a strong urge: to do nothing. To down tools, to stop. Except I know that if I do that I will fall into despair, and I know that it is worth doing anything in one's power to avoid depression because from there, from being depressed, it is only an imperceptible step to despair: the last refuge of the ego. depression motivation philosophy idleness despair Geoff Dyer
7b30478 It's the work that's important, not the individual who does it. work motivation Gregory Maguire
442dcdb Grub Street turns out good things almost as often as Parnassus. For if a writer is hard up enough, if he's far down enough (down where I have been and am rising from, I am really saying), he can't afford self-doubt and he can't let other people's opinions, even a father's, keep him from writing. poverty writing motivation Wallace Stegner
926a750 When you've worked hard and done well and walked through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you. writing motivation Guy Kawasaki
c441bfe Shiloh showed him what he could ask of his men, and indeed what he MUST ask of them. leadership motivation goal-setting H.W. Brands
232941c Words are catch-basins of experience, fingerprints and footprints of the past that the literary detective may scrutinize in order to sleuth out the history of human consciousness. leadership motivation word-choice linguistics rhetoric Philip Zaleski
866c980 The old disease, thought Rubashov. Revolutionaries should not think through other people's minds. Or, perhaps they should? Or even ought to? How can one change the world if one identifies oneself with everybody? How else can one change it? He who understands and forgives -- where would he find a motive to act? Where would he not? rebellion motivation revolution russia Arthur Koestler
b5151eb The perfect life, the perfect lie, I realised after Christmas, is one which prevents you from doing that which you would ideally have done (painted, say, or written unpublishable poetry) but which, in fact, you have no wish to do. motivation life lie frustration Geoff Dyer
32246e5 I had never been much interested in Pluto, too few facts and too much isolation. motivation integration openness curiosity teaching Robert A. Heinlein
63f5b03 What I'm trying to say is that it will be okay between you and Nate. Because you both want that. Because you both want that more than anything. It sounds simple, but I'm learning that the problems start when you want different things marriage relationships motivation Laura Dave
7fc4bb5 Some individuals have the courage to make it, even feel the need to do so; for them the quest is a necessity, not an option. Most people setting out on such journeys are never heard from again, but part of the romance of any field lies in keeping the dream alive, in not settling for what is familiar and comfortable. dream leadership motivation motivational success inspirational journeys journey Gino Segre
4e672e1 My emotional state is determined by where my attention goes. motivation self-improvement Elizabeth Grace Saunders
dd954ff "Arrogance convinced me that by sheer determination, I could conquer helplessness itself. Stubborn and foolish youth, I must admit, for when I look back on those years now, I see quite clearly that rarely did I stand alone. Always there were friends, true and dear, lending me support even when I believed I did not want it, and even when I did not realize they were doing it. motivation strength friendship R.A. Salvatore
c3efcec We have only minimal control over the rewards for our work and effort - other people's validation, recognition, rewards. It's far better when doing the work itself is sufficient. When fulfilling our own internal standards is what fills us with pride and self-respect. The less attached we are to the outcomes, the better. Our ego wants recognition & compensation. We have expectations. Let the effort, not the results be enough. Maybe your parents/kids/partner/etc won't be impressed. We can't let THAT be what motivates us. We can change the definition of success to: 'peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.' With this definition we decide not to let externals determine if something is worth doing. It's on us. motivation egoism peace-of-mind ego self-respect pride Ryan Holiday
a765b3d "Henry Luce to his Time magazine writers: "Tell the history of our time through the people who make it." writing leadership motivation narrative storytelling Walter Isaacson
52de787 The Holy Spirit's desire is that we become more and more dependent upon Him for every step. That's because He wants to take us to places we've never been before. To heights we can't even imagine! prayer inspiration motivation god love holy-spirit desire Stormie Omartian
f9b0f4d was not personally religious; his most immediate and consistent motivation was a desire for recognition as the founding genius of rocket science. motivation science goddard robert-goddard robert-h-goddard rocket-science recognition Kendrick Oliver
8ca7141 People will change their habits quickly IF they have a strong reason for doing so. passion leadership motivation Thomas L. Friedman
daac5e5 What we get when we turn pro is we find our power. We find our will and our voice and we find our self-respect. We become who we always were but had, until then, been afraid to embrace and live out. motivation professional authors creativity Steven Pressfield
fbcbd33 What we call coincidences, accidental and remarkable events occurring at the same time, are actually circumstances and events that have come into your life to serve a purpose is to benefit you. inspiration inspire motivation coincidences passages-ventura passages-malibu chris-prentiss goals self-improvement self-help Chris Prentiss
083d8ac Lewis created a new kind of marriage between theological reflection and poetic imagination. motivation curiosity Alister E. McGrath
5e3060f Understand something people, we will be hated by many in the name of Christ, ridiculed, mocked, stoned, slaughtered. We will be fined, jailed and killed for our love for Christ. You are supposed to see better with your eyes today, how close this is happening, just prepare your heart and soul to be braver than Peter and not deny Christ in the moment your life might be in jeopardy for Him and what you believe. Apostle Pauls says to live is Christ to die is gain. money words time pain love-quotes literature marriage mind grief feminism loss history reading prayer nature world depression people women freedom dream joy future politics friends leadership quote work inspirational-quotes life-quotes living motivation family destiny imagination fantasy dreams sadness positive-thinking strength music friendship motivational spiritual heart endtime fiction-food-for-though humanity-humour intelligence-is-attractive life-and-living-life-philosophy magic-spirit meditation-men passion-peace patience-johnson pentecost reality-relationship trust-war earning motivational-quotes repentance wisdom-quotes society purpose quotes forgiveness self-improvement power self-help soul patience psychology Patience Johnson
df4e792 The reason why many people remain on the bottom is because they play to 'not lose', as opposed to playing to win at all costs. motivation science success love wisdom ascension atlanta belize mindfulness locs natural-hair new-thought women-of-color brandi-bates vegan luxury quotes knowledge human-nature Brandi L. Bates
deeabc3 Like caterpillars our metamorphosis begins with what comes from our mouth. Caterpillars spin silk cocoons from the mouth. We speak life or death, success or failure. All transformation starts with what comes from our mouth. words-of-wisdom motivation love truth wisdom brandi-l-bates red-flags speak-life church Brandi L. Bates
edd1884 The percentage of people qualifying for federal disability benefits because they are unable to work rose from 0.7 percent of the size of the labor force in 1960 to 5.3% in 2010. work motivation welfare-state unemployment vocation Charles Murray
3b0fcb5 Regardless of whether people have free will, human flourishing requires that they live in an environment in which they are treated as if they did. leadership motivation Charles Murray
0c72715 Lyndon Johnson knew how to make the most of such enthusiasm and how to play on it and intensify it. He wanted his audience to become involved. He wanted their hands up in the air. And having been a schoolteacher he knew how to get their hands up. He began, in his speeches, to ask questions. leadership motivation education rhetoric Robert A. Caro
4db65c0 He (LBJ) played on their fears as he played on their hopes. leadership motivation manipulation Robert A. Caro
5262d86 I wanted very much to be a person of value and I had to ask myself how this could be possible if there were not something like a soul or like a spirit that is in the life of a person and which could endure any misfortune or disfigurement and yet be no less for it. If one were to be a person of value that value could not be a condition subject to the hazards of fortune. It had to be a quality that could not change. No matter what... I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I'd always known. That all courage was a form of constancy. That it was always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals came easily. I knew that courage came with less struggle for some than for others but I believed that anyone who desired it could have it. That the desire was the thing itself. The thing itself. I could think of nothing else of which that was true. motivation Cormac McCarthy
da61afa Apunta a la luna y si fallas, al menos estaras entre las estrellas. motivation Cecelia Ahern
f80c234 Stories were heirlooms in these parts. leadership inspiration motivation narrative legacy storytelling parenthood Robert Kurson
b5d1549 To just be--to be--amidst all doings, achievings, and becomings. This is the natural state of mind, or original, most fundamental state of being. This is unadulterated Buddha-nature. This is like finding our balance. buddha-nature motivation buddhism mindfulness Lama Surya Das
e7b4040 Don't fall asleep in classes. It's such a lucky thing you have, to be taught and to be learning and not have to be working in a shop somewhere. motivation Mitch Albom
cae79ad "New karma is being made all the time. When one acts with a positive motivation, goodness is furthered. When one acts out of negative motivation, negativity is furthered. "We can recondition ourselves to act with wisdom. The important thing to understand here is that you are not a victim. You are your own master. 'As you sow, so shall you reap." mindfulness-training motivation mindfulness wisdom-quotes Lama Surya Das
2556c06 "Suppose it never stops?" she whispered. "The gyptian man didn't say it'd do that. Just that there was going to be a flood." motivation positive-thinking Philip Pullman
d4bb376 House Speaker Thomas Reed could destroy an argument or expose a fallacy in fewer words than anyone else. His language was vivid and picturesque. He had a way of phrasing things which was peculiarly apt and peculiarly his own. motivation word-choice rhetoric Barbara W. Tuchman
19c5486 He'd no longer be a grade-motivated person. He'd be a knowledge-motivated person. He would need no external pushing to learn. His push would come from inside. He'd be a free man. He wouldn't need a lot of discipline to shape him up. In fact, if the instructors assigned him were slacking on the job he would be likely to shape them up by asking rude questions. He'd be there to learn something, would be paying to learn something and they'd better come up with it. Motivation of this sort, once it catches hold, is a ferocious force... learning motivation students Robert M. Pirsig
38d90be He repeated his plea that they be fair and open-minded, open to reason and compromise, and praised them for being so reasonable and open-minded thus far--which of course made it harder for them to act otherwise, motivation Robert A. Caro
50182ea The most empowering thing you can do though is to create innovative ways to bring in livable wages. That begins with a debt free lifestyle. money motivation empowerment success life finances recession stay-woke wages debt Brandi L. Bates
b9d68a5 Remember to remember: sometimes your adversary is your biggest asset. Where would David be without Goliath? Jesus without Judas? irony bravery courage inspiration motivation strength success life-lessons humor wisdom adversity achievement-attitude growth Brandi L. Bates
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2869438 What do you expect--not indifference or ingratitude?' (-Miss Benson) 'It is better not to expect or calculate consequences. The longer I live, the more fully I see that. Let us try simply to do right actions, without thinking of the feelings they are to call out in others. We know that no holy or self-denying effort can fall to the ground vain and useless; but the sweep of eternity is large, and God along knows when the effect is to be produced. We are trying to do right now, and to feel right; don't let us perplex ourselves with endeavoring to map out how she should feel, or how she should show her feelings.' (-Thurstan) righteousness motivation helping-others Elizabeth Gaskell
19785d1 Reason Develops Passion, Passion Creates Motivation, Motivation is the driving force behind all actions = GREAT RESULTS. passion inspirational-quotes motivation results motivational-quote work-ethic Ray Mancini
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1994233 "I do want something more. I'm not content to be happy, that's not what I'm cut out to be, not what fate intended for me. I'm destined to be the very opposite. I had more than my fair share of unhappiness but my unhappiness was stupid, barren... Because if I wanted to die, and I did, I ought not to have been so afraid of death. The unhappiness I'm in need of and longing for is different. It's of a kind that will make me hunger for suffering and lust for death. That's the sort of unhappiness, or happiness, I am waiting for. suicide suffering motivation inspirational happyness self-improvement Hermann Hesse
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