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Motivation Quotes


"The experience of yearning is a composite of Nature's purest impulse in you (the need for radical movement; think of all the analogies in all the religions and philosophies concerning the truth and beauty of light; if you take it literally, that means to become truth, beauty, light, get moving at 299,792,458 kilometres per second) combined with your unique qualities and talents of past/present/future (experiences, potentials, attractions and distractions, imagination, etc.). Simply put: need for radical movement in a definite direction."


"I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It's because of them I'm doing it myself."


"I will always appreciate those who made me go through rough times because without those, I wouldn't have the wisdom and power that lies within me now."


"We all have sweet spots when triggered, we unleash our potential. Best motivation is when it comes from within. Find your sweet spots and get motivated to accomplish extraordinary things!!!"


"You might want more time in your life to attempt the things you like to do, and not just perform the things you have to do."


"You need persistence in order to maintain the reality that you desire."


"There is nothing to lose by trying. Define new ways of doing things. Never underestimate the power of an action."


"Today is the best time to do what you couldn't do yesterday, because tomorrow might be too late."


"Ruth once wrote, “Dear Journal, Never let a single day pass without saying an encouraging word to each child . . .‘More people fail for lack of encouragement,' someone wrote, ‘than for any other reason."



"I don't want to fail, of course. But even though I didn't know how bad things really were, I still had a lot to think about before I said yes. I had to consider the implications for Pixar, for my family, for my reputation. I decided that I didn't really care, because this is what I want to do. If I try my best and fail, well, I've tried my best."


"Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be."


"Happiness is good, but well-overrated: what we hate most are the very motivators that put us in gear. A man drifts along with little to contribute until something agitates him enough to make a difference, whether for himself or for his communities."



"Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing."


"Whatever you practice, good or bad, you become good at it!"


"Sometimes we have to break down to break through."


"I've never been motivated by money " it doesn't drive Me."



"The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy: the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and applause of other men!"


"Facing the backside of the future is the only way to move forward."


"Allowing yourself to forgive will fuel your goals and life vision with new energy."


"Passion is of the nature of seed, and finds nourishment within, tending to a predominance which determines all currents towards itself, and makes the whole life its tributary."


"A life without a vision is like a kite let loose; it is directed by the forces that be, never giving even the slightest of resistance to life's pressures, eventually ending up far away from home (that comfortable place)."



"Sacrifices are no sacrifices when they are repaid a thousand fold."



"What would you do if you weren't afraid?"


"Results fuel belief which causes us to take more action and get more results."


"Surely your gladness need not be the less for the thought that you will one day see a brighter dawn than this."



"My hat's in the ring. The fight is one and I'm stripped to the buff."


"How's daydreaming affecting nightmares?? Showing the light where is all dark!"


"It's said that 'you have only one chance' - but thereafter you have many chances " don't ever quit because chance has only a fifty-fifty probability and you never know when the probability will be in your favour. So toss around until heads you win and tails you don't lose."


"Be confident to make your magic."


"But the sheep had taught him something even more important: that there was a universal language in the world that everyone understood, a language the boy had used throughout the time that he was trying to improve things at the shop. It was the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired."


"Dig Deep! When the task at hand seems to be very difficult. Dig Deep! Whenever you feel you're drifting away from your intended course. Dig Deep! When others doubt you and say it can't be done. Dig Deep! Whenever you feel like giving up. Dig Deep! When life throws you a curve ball. If you quit, you'll never hit that homerun."


"Keep moving. Your next big thing may be just around the corner."


"Quitting's not hard. Deciding to quit is hard. Once you make that mental leap, the rest is easy."Really? Was that how you quit me? And just like that, without thinking, without saying it in my head first, without arguing with myself for days, it's out there."So, she says, as if speaking to an audience under the bridge. "He finally says it."


"You are valuable, but you are worth as much as you think and make yourself out to be."


"Be the light that inspires others to dream."


"Sometimes miracles happen in this world simply because good people take action and decide to do something, and never give up."


"You weren't born to be a spectator of others while they live life to the fullest. You too were born to make the world a better place, so put your talents into good use."


"Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve."



"One day in retrospect the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful."



"As I've always said to Talyn, tough times never last. But tough Andarions. I learned that from watching you as a boy. Your parents, grandparents, and Keris treated you like shit and yet you never once spoke against them. You'd just lift your chin and carry on. 'Barking dogs don't bother me,' you used to say. 'Sooner or later, they reach the end of their yard and hit a fence. I'll keep going past it, and won't hear them anymore."



"Toward the person who has died we adopt a special attitude: something like admiration for someone who has accomplished a very difficult task."


"If everyone had the luxury to pursue a life of exactly what they love, we would all be ranked as visionary and brilliant. If you got to spend every day of your life doing what you love, you can't help but be the best in the world at that. And you get to smile every day for doing so. And you'll be working at it almost to the exclusion of personal hygiene, and your friends are knocking on your door, saying, "Don't you need a vacation?!, and you don't even know what the word "vacation means because what you're doing is what you want to do and a vacation from that is anything but a vacation - that's the state of mind of somebody who's doing what others might call visionary and brilliant."


"Do only work that matters, and you will end up pleasing those who are important enough to care about it."


"As soon as you start wanting something, then your eyes can see; your mind will be open to identify all the possible ways of obtaining it."


"I'm an expert at failure. That's how I succeeded. Failure fuels success, as long as you fail forward."


"You might want to decide fast. We live in a dangerous world. If you see a chance to be happy, you have to fight for it, so later you have no regrets."



"Sisyphus, I. I cling to my rock, you don't have to chain me. Stand back! I roll it up-up, up. And down we go. I knew that would happen. See, I'm on my feet again. See, I'm starting to roll it up again. Don't try to talk me out of it. Nothing, nothing could tear me away from this rock."


"Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little."


"Until you take the first step forward, failure remains reassuringly impossible."
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