Quotes About Motivation

Once I press myself into action, I immediately begin to live. Anything less is merely existing. The moments I truly live are the moments when I act with my entire will.

Remember that there is a passion for souls that does not come from God, but from our desire to make converts to our point of view.

God brings me into the proper relationship with Himself so that I can understand His call, and then I serve Him on my own out of a motivation of absolute love.

The Inspiration of Spiritual Initiative

The real danger in spiritual laziness is that we do not want to be stirred up—all we want to hear about is a spiritual retirement from the world.

The aim of a spiritually vigorous saint is "that I may know Him." Do I know Him where I am today? If not, I am failing Him. I am not here for self-realization, but to know Jesus Christ. In Christian work our initiative and motivation are too often simply the result of realizing that there is work to be done and that we must do it. Yet that is never the attitude of a spiritually vigorous saint. His aim is to achieve the realization of Jesus Christ in every set of circumstances.

Idleness ruins the constitution

Remove the temptation of idleness and cupids bow is useless.

In moderation, goals and other external motivators are powerful, but when they become the exclusive drives to do anything, it's overwhelming.

Money never starts an idea. It is always the idea that starts the money.

And if it wasn't as good as before, what was the point of doing it? There wasn't a point, as far as I was concerned.

Let your motto then always be 'Excelsior', for by living up to it there is no such word as fail.

The great ambition should be to excel all others engaged in the same occupation.

The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help themselves.

Carey was one of those appalling people who wake refreshed and ready for anything every morning about an hour before everyone else, and then bounce around whistling happily, avoiding death only because they move faster than the people who want to kill them.

Remember the proverb of Solomon: "He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

Life Is Like A Train But We Have To Become Engine Which Controls The Train

Create a story of which you will be proud.

Pam McCutcheon

I've learned that if you don't believe in yourself, no one else will. An that sometimes there is no failure, just opportunity.

lowered her voice to a whisper, a conspiratorial gleam in her eyes. "Go for it." *

We struggle with a seditious inner voice that says, "You're wasting time. Get up and do something with your life.

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