Quotes about motivation
motivational people journal-writing
People who keep journals have life twice Jessamyn West
motivation real believe
All we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history, and character-what we believe-none of it is real; it's all part of the story we tell. But here's the thing: it's our goddamned story! Jess Walter
motivational encouraging cheerful
Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate. Gilbert K. Chesterton
motivational feelings acting
It is easier to act yourself into a new way of feeling than to feel yourself into a new way of acting. Harry Stack Sullivan
motivation inspiration successful
The global economy is becoming a place where women are more successful than men, and these economic changes are starting to rapidly affect our culture - what our romantic comedies look like, what our marriages look like, what our dating lives look like, and our new set of superheroes. Hanna Rosin
motivation inspiration skills
What the economy requires now is a whole different set of skills: You need intelligence, you need an ability to sit still and focus, to communicate openly to be able to listen to people and to operate in a workplace that is much more fluid than it used to be. Those are things that women do extremely well.
motivational senior educational
Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget about the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself if you've got any guts. Some of you like Pep rallies and plastic robots who tell you what to read. Frank Zappa
motivational depression uplifting
If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person. Fred Rogers
motivational inspiring leadership
Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject. Frank Herbert
motivational self-esteem grief
The only cure for grief is action. George Henry Lewes
motivational positive basketball
All these boundaries - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, America - are set by men. But you don't have to look at boundaries when you are looking at a man - at the character of a man. The question is: What do you stand for? Are you a follower, or are you a leader? Hakeem Olajuwon
motivation action birth
Taking action births motivation. Greg Smith
motivational bombs terrorism
The solution to terrorism is education, not bombs. Greg Mortenson
motivational boots monsters
I put on the boots and kicked some monster ass. Jim Butcher
motivational eye stubborn
We are not going to die." Butters stared up at me, pale, his eyes terrified. "We're not?" No. And do you know why?" He shook his head. "Because Thomas is too pretty to die. And because I'm too stubborn to die." I hauled on the shirt even harder. "And most of all because tomorrow is Oktoberfest, Butters, and polka will never die.
motivational breakfast lions
You don't go walking into the proverbial lion's den lightly. You start with a good breakfast.
motivational names lord
In the name of the Pizza Lord. Charge!
motivational suffering rewards
Being willing to suffer often brings great rewards. Jessica Biel
motivational life-and-love freedom
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. Hubert H. Humphrey
motivational knowing greatest-victory
The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give. Howard Cosell
motivation school opportunity
In schools, including universities, most resources are spent to purchase the time and motivation of a limited number of people to take up predetermined problems in a ritually defined setting. The most radical alternative to school would be a network or service which gave each man the same opportunity to share his current concern with others motivated by the same concern. Ivan Illich
motivational business inspiration
If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin. Ivan Turgenev
motivation doe purpose
Everything God does is purposeful. And since God is in each of us, each of us has a purpose. Iyanla Vanzant
motivational nature animal
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it. Isaac Bashevis Singer
motivational future continuing-on
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. Isaac Asimov
motivational fate waiting
Do not miss the purpose of this life, and do not wait for circumstance to mold or change you fate. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
motivational overcoming rise-above
There is nothing we cannot live down, rise above, and overcome.
motivational uplifting failure
Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
motivational strength success
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
motivation taste possessing
Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like.
motivation liberty libertarian
Historically, much of the motivation for public schooling has been to stifle variety and institute social control. Hugh Jackman
motivation character stories
Sometimes you have to go places with characters and emotions within yourself you don't want to do, but you have a duty to the story and as a storyteller to do it.
motivation hands way-forward
Giving people a hand up, not a handout, is the way forward.