c2p-cmd/Good-Quotes-Authors huggingface dataset:
The IMPOSSIBLE is ONLY relevant to those who NEVER attempt it…otherwise it is ABSTACT and MEANINGLESS
— John Paul Warren
I made it greater,you always told me to forget the haters.
— knight mayor
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.
— Anaïs Nin, A Woman Speaks: The Lectures, Seminars and Interviews of Anaïs Nin
Vladimir, be reasonable, you haven't yet tried everything. And I resumed the struggle.
— Samuel Beckett
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The Sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus
— Alexander Graham Bell
The truly terrible thing is that everybody has their reasons.
— Jean Renoir
Passion is not a reaction to an external event. It is the left over emotions from the internal battles you have won that propels you forward.
— Shannon L. Alder, 300 Questions to Ask Your Parents Before It's Too Late
The water doesn't know how old you are.
— Dara Torres, Age Is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life
…the worst thing said about him is that he was "uncurious.
— Yvon Chouinard, Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
Desire is the key to motivation. It is the key to develop a healthy personality and a positive attitude towards oneself and others.
— Amit Abraham, Personality Development Through Positive Thinking
motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.
— Frank Herbert
We do not need to attend classroom training programmes for everything. Observation opens the windows of knowledge around us
— Sukant Ratnakar, Open the Windows
Get in touch with your passion and put it to work at work.
— Marilyn Suttle
When healthy competition prevails -- you come out to play and you play to win.
— Lorii Myers, Make It Happen, A Healthy, Competitive Approach to Achieving Personal Success
Sordid things, for the most part, are what make human beings, my father included, move. That's what it is to be human, I'm afraid.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Player Piano
You have come nearer to mastering a good many aspects of cooking than anyone except a handful of great chefs, and some day it will pay off. I know it will. You will just have to go on working, and teaching, and getting around, and spreading the gospel until it does. (Avis DeVoto to Julia Child)
— Joan Reardon, As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto: Food, Friendship, and the Making of a Masterpiece
Here's how man thinks: "If no one’s done it, why should I try? It’s a waste of time; but if he’s done it, I can do it better.
— Nabil N. Jamal
The monkeys solved the puzzle simply because they found it gratifying to solve puzzles. They enjoyed it. The joy of the task was its own reward.
— Daniel H. Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
The motivation of all artists is 'Look at me, Mum'.
— Sebastian Horsley
In a story you had to find a reason, but real life gets on very well without even Freudian motivations.
— Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers
If you want him to do it, you've got to change the picture of the world inside his head.
— Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men
Don't let your dreams rust! Listen to your youthful bells ringing loud inside of you.
— Bernard Kelvin Clive
Raise the bar higher than your opinion...
— Gino Norris, Stress Diary Journal
Ish #211 "Your child is your parental obligation, not friend.
— Regina Griffin
Someone said that our goals keep us going, but it's our dreams that make us tick. So if you disconnect your goals from your dreams, don't be surprised if one morning you realize that your life is on autopilot.
— Ray N. Kuili, Awakening
Rather than the strength it takes to not lose, it's the strength to stand back up after a loss that is sometimes more valuable.
— Kyo Shirodaira, Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning, Vol. 04
To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based incentives can help. But when the incentive level is very high, it can command too much attention and thereby distract the person’s mind with thoughts about the reward. This can create stress and ultimately reduce the level of performance.
— Dan Ariely, The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
If you truly feel that self esteem and motivation have to happen first before you can make changes in your life, then we’ll probably be sharing walkers at a retirement home as we talk over what might have been.
— Shannon L. Alder
Needs cause motivation. Deep-rooted desires for esteem, affection, belonging, achievement, self-actualization, power, and control motivate us to push for what we want and need in our lives.
— Lorii Myers, Make It Happen, A Healthy, Competitive Approach to Achieving Personal Success
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.
— Sena Jeter Naslund, Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer
Ambivalence is one of the biggest enemies of change. If you aren't sure that you really want to take action on something such as your weight, ambivalence will usually win.
— Linda Spangle, 100 Days of Weight Loss: The Secret to Being Successful on Any Diet Plan
It did matter to get out of bed. There were webs to weave. Strings to grasp. Packages to deliver. Conversations to start. Thoughts to be expressed. Sams to slam into. Oceans to swim. And sad little men hiding in electrical sockets, waiting to be born of the human imagination.
— Bud Macfarlane Jr., Conceived Without Sin
I was going to buy a copy of The Power of Positive Thinking, and then I thought: What the hell good would that do?
— Ronnie Shanks
Inevitably, if we are to grow and change as adults, we must gradually learn to confront the challenges, paradoxes, problems and painful reality of an insecure world.
— James P. Krehbiel, Stepping Out of the Bubble: Reflections on the Pilgrimage of Counseling Therapy
[Team player vs team builder]Players focus on the wins and the loses.Builders focus on the team and future of the vision.Let's move our members from team player to team builder.
— Janna Cachola
At times what you expect and what happens don’t match. The faster you accept and adapt to what happened & work towards creating what you believed, that what you expected gets created in a whole new way..!
— Sujit Lalwani, Life Simplified!
WINNER:is A Runner who “Wins Inspite Of Ninety Nine ExcellentRunners!
— Sujit Lalwani, Life Simplified!
Action is traction.
— Rob Liano
Take a discovery walk today to find what's missing in your life. There's peace in the whisper of the wind, hope in the sun smiling from behind clouds, strength in every step forward. You can do it!
— Toni Sorenson, The Great Brain Cleanse
Until you believe you can do it, it's going to be difficult to convince anyone else you can do it.
— Toni Sorenson, The Great Brain Cleanse
Let your past propel you forward, not hold you back.
— Toni Sorenson
Never allow anyone or anything to demise or dull your truest identity. Hurtful words and harsh judgments have no impact when your north star, your guiding light, shines from the center of your chest and beats from your own truest heart.
— Toni Sorenson, The Great Brain Cleanse
Master those books you have. Read them thoroughly. Bathe in them until they saturate you. Read and reread them…digest them. Let them go into your very self. Peruse a good book several times and make notes and analyses of it. A student will find that his mental constitution is more affected by one book thoroughly mastered than by twenty books he has merely skimmed. Little learning and much pride comes from hasty reading. Some men are disabled from thinking by their putting meditation away for the sake of much reading. In reading let your motto be ‘much not many.
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students
Control leads to compliance
—  autonomy leads to engagement.
Forget perfect on the first try. In the face of frustration, your best tool is a few deep breaths, and remembering that you can do anything once you've practed two hundred times.
— Miriam Peskowitz, The Daring Book for Girls
Did I love what I was doing, or did I love myself in doing it?
— C. Terry Warner, Bonds That Make Us Free: Healing Our Relationships, Coming to Ourselves
Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but nobody wants to lift no heavy-ass weights.
— Ronnie Coleman
We mistakenly assume that bodily survival has a higher precedence than ego survival. This is simply not generally true. Ego will happily destroy the body for its own sake. Look at overweight executives headed for heart attacks on the way to getting their pictures in Fortune or anorexic models suffering slow starvation on their way to getting their pictures in Vogue. Protecting ego is the general case.
— Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War
If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito!
— Wolfgang Reiber
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.
— David Gemmell, Dark Moon
As water cannot rise higher than its source, so the moral quality in an act can never be higher than the motive that inspires it. For this reason no act that arises from an evil motive can be good, even though some good may appear to come out of it. Every deed done out of anger or spite, for instance, will be found at last to have been done for the enemy and against the kingdom of God.
— A.W. Tozer, The Root of the Righteous
Ardour in well-doing is a misleading and a treacherous thing. It cries out loudly for employment; you can't satisfy it at first; it wants more and more; it is eager to move mountains and divert the course of rivers. It isn't content till it perspires. And then, too often, when it feels the perspiration on its brow, it wearies all of a sudden and dies, without even putting itself to the trouble of saying, "I've had enough of this.
— Arnold Bennett, How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
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.
— Michael   Lewis, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
If you accept working for 'peanuts' don't complain when you're treated like a monkey.
— Rob Liano
Things that aren't important, that have nothing to do with winning and losing, don't have to be a rule.
— Peter Richmond, Badasses: The Legend of Snake, Foo, Dr. Death, and John Madden's Oakland Raiders
It is the very use of coercion, positive or negative, that breaks or deadens the spirit, which is the source of motivation.
— Kelly Bryson, Don't Be Nice, Be Real: Balancing Passion for Self with Compassion for Others
Student engagement is the product of motivation and active learning. It is a product rather than a sum because it will not occur if either element is missing.
— Elizabeth F. Barkley, Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty
Many outsiders clarified that they believe Christians have a right (even an obligation) to pursue political involvement, but they disagree with our methods and our attitudes. They say we seem to be pursuing an agenda that benefits only ourselves; that we expect too much out of politics; they question whether we are motivated by our economic status rather than faith perspectives when we support conservative politics; they claim we act and say things in an unchristian manner; they wonder whether Jesus would use political power as we do; and they are concerned that we overpowered the voices of other groups.
— David Kinnaman, unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity... and Why It Matters
There is only one motive for writing a novel: to be published and read. To me there is no distinction between the mystery novel and the novel, only between good books and bad books. A good book takes the reader into a new world of experience; it is an experiment. A bad book, unless the writing is inept, reinforces the intransigent attitude of the reader not to experiment with a new world. Since there are criminals and psychopaths and sociopaths in all my novels they are in a way psychological thrillers.
— John Franklin Bardin
We need something that encourages us to work, we need an intimate aid. This is only possible through meditation.
— Samael Aun Weor
An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager.
— Bob Nelson
Trust not in Sprites nor the motivations of a Gnome.
— Jefferson Smith, Strange Places
Seeking Your face and not only Your hand, I find You embracing me just as I am.
— Big Daddy Weave
A highly paid, highly motivated employee who is not allowed to work with his full potential is like a Ferrari which is not allowed out of the garage.
— Charbel Tadros
The great challenge of life is to fit our unique inner world into a shared outer world. Find our space, the pleasure of identification. The tip is to undertake your exclusivity with reciprocity, to be a point of inspiration. The rule is to understand what is needed. The great example is the time that, besides fair, is immaterial, therefore, made of experiences, interaction.
— 1 Minuto na Palma da Mão
A good person. Not a bad resolution to make, in dark times.
— J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace
Go ahead, let them judge you.
— Unknown
Don't try to figure out the whole race. Just figure out where to put your foot for the starting line. Just start.
— Jeff Olson, The Slight Edge: Secret to a Successful Life
When it all comes together, it is oddly beautiful and it makes sense.
— Greg Dutilly
Never underestimate a determined woman!
— Nyki Mack
When we’re all living in the space of the inner child, loving, honoring, respecting, and embracing its desires, we are at peace.
— Kim Ha Campbell, Inner Peace Outer Abundance
Whoever find the goodness of grace, departs from wicked acts of evil.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
There is a great Hindu story about a lady who wanted to meet the god Krishna. So she went into the forest, closed her eyes, and prayed and meditated on making the god appear and lo and behold, Krishna tapped the lady on the shoulder, she, without opening her eyes, told him to get lost because she was busy meditating on a very important goal. When we get so wrapped up in our heads, we miss out on what's available to us right now in the moment.
— Jen Sincero, You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
The light overcome the darkness.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
We should always remember that beyond a certain point, hygiene factors such as money, status, compensation, and job security are much more a by-product of being happy with a job rather than the cause of it.
— Clayton M. Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life?
It is hard to overestimate the power of these motivators—the feelings of accomplishment and of learning, of being a key player on a team that is achieving something meaningful.
— Clayton M. Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life?
These are what Herzberg’s research calls motivators. Motivation factors include challenging work, recognition, responsibility, and personal growth.
— Clayton M. Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life?
Sometimes, beyond all else, should be a true passion and investment in driving the result and a lack of fear associated with making it happen.
— Colleen Bader
If you can’t trust yourself, love yourself and believe in your dreams, it makes it hard for anyone else to trust, love or believe in you.
— Kim Ha Campbell, Inner Peace Outer Abundance
A crack on the road does not terminate the journey
— Evy Michaels
Filling up your soul with the depths of your own thoughts, that's just extraordinarily progressive.
— Devil Dash
They say the mind can move mountains, I think it can move the whole god damn universe. Or else how have we travelled to other planets?
— Nikhil Shrivastava, Because You Need This!
Don't think for second you are not a badass warrior. That's precisely your problem, you don't realize how amazingly brilliant and super kickass you are. Your potential is only limited by your mind.
— Melody  Lee, Moon Gypsy
No one ever changed the world waking up at noon.
— Connor Chalfant
You know how powerful it can be when you discover that you can do something you never thought you could? It changes everything… and gets you thinking about what else you can do that you weren’t aware of.
— Ashley Graham
The Internet is a funny place, because it’s a forum for so many awful ideas, body shaming, bullying, and the like. The negative side of social media is that everybody thinks they’re experts with the right to weigh in on.Yet, at the same time, the Internet is a place where women can find solidarity, no matter who or where they are.
— Ashley Graham
Branding is fascinating. Creating a brand that is authentic and timeless is what entrepreneurs dream of. Dare to be different, dare to dream.
— Independent Zen
Only the truth shall free us.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The day you start trusting the people who think you are right, more than the people who are actually right, you are on your way down.
— EverSkeptic
Unleash you masterpiece genius and let your authentic self be free.
— Virginia Phillips
Think of what you desire out of life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Every good deed is a glory to God.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Photographers don't take pictures. They create images.
— Mark Denman
The only shame is the sin.
— Aphra Behn
Hey, people ... Do not complain about walking on a Monday if you stayed in folded arms on a Sunday.
— 1 Minuto na Palma da Mão
Being a good parent requires being an outstanding sales person. Direct communication and motivating our children, or young adults with our ideals isn't easy. It's a lifetime job and job of a lifetime.
— Ron Baratono
In suffering a man must search for his Maker.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Poor motivation and alertness cause complacency
— V.S. Parani
If you get stuck, get up, and go ahead.
— Jervin Balmediano
Don't spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but be anxious to do the will of God.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
There is no " i " in team. But there are two in motivation. 
— T. Jay Taylor
Instantly, I was overwhelmed with gratitude. I didn't know exactly what I was feeling, but my buddy JD - my best man, whom I had met at Northwestern - has seen his dad go through (and beat) esophageal cancer and explained it to me thusly: "When you have cancer, it's like you're at the bottom of a hole, and you just want to get out. Only it's too big for you to just climb out easily. But every good thing that happens - no matter how small - is like a rock in the side of the hole. You climb up, grabbing one little rock at a time. Had a good doctor's appointment? That's a rock. Feeling a little better today? That's a rock, too. Before you know it, you've climbed out of that hole, one little rock at a time. You just need to find the rocks.
— Bryan Bishop, Shrinkage: Manhood, Marriage, and the Tumor That Tried to Kill Me
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?
— Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon
Once I realize that the tune I’m whistling in my head is the theme that’s driving my heart, I suddenly realize that the most important question I can ask is, “What are the lyrics?
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
Make no attachment, so you can flow freely.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Stay motivated.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If you do not believe in yourself, Ewan, then you will surely not succeed. Pity in ones own downfalls without the sight to rejoice in your strengths is truly the road to ruin. But if you do decide to pat your own back a little more often, then you will find that you are not the only one who believes it a worthwhile exercise. And there will always be those there to do it for you in times when you may not quite be able to reach.
— Shaun Hume, Ewan Pendle and the White Wraith
Motivation is like quicksand. if you stand still for too long you will sink. When you start working towards your goal the start always hard until you aren't sinking anymore.
— random Reddit user
To all my enemies, I will destroy it.
— Frankie Boyle, My Shit Life So Far
Every war is not worth fighting and every victory is not worth celebratingbecause not ever disagrement should creat an enemy.
— Tonny K. Brown
No effort is every wasted.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
there are no quick fixes. If we want our lives to change, we have to do the work.
— Scott Stabile
It takes a lot of confidence, and self-love and self-worth to realize that you are capable. And that you have every right to leave your lane, and to do things in the same way that other people do.
— Allan Hennessy
Rather than reacting to every obstacle or dashed expectation, incorporate the event into your overall plan. Real life setbacks like rejections, broken promises, and unfair disadvantages will happen. Rethink the meaning behind the emotional triggers and how your reaction will further your purpose. Manage emotions by recognizing their place, but do not allow them to control your moves.
— Alisa Melekhina, Reality Check: What the Ancient Game of Chess Can Teach You About Success in Modern Competitive Settings
Nothing makes a man better than to forgive his faults.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
A principle is a set of philosophical ideas and life lessons that are combined and compressed together to provide a general guideline in order to achieve a specific objective.
— Dr. Lucas D. Shallua
You really don't have to subscribe to the life that had been written for you.
— Allan Hennessy
It is not the mere fear of punishment that restrains [man] from sin. Loving and revering God as his father, honouring and obeying Him as his master, although there were no hell, he would revolt at the very idea of offending Him.
— John Calvin
You get a medal for being tough.
— Scott Stabile
Sometimes integrity is seen as a threat by those who desire control.
— Robert Vanleeuwen
The motives of mankind are plainer than the motions they produce.
— R.D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone
listen to me,you’ve got this.seriously, you’ve got this.
— Scott Stabile
Have Fun Storming the Castle!
— Michael      O'Brien, Shift: Creating Better Tomorrows: Winning at Work and in Life
Don't mistake determination for desperation. Someone who is persistent will stop at nothing to get their way.
— Mary Sage Nguyen
Action isn’t just the effect of motivation
—  it’s also the cause of it.
Fathom your motivation so that you understand what you are prepared to do and why.
— David Amerland, The Sniper Mind: Eliminate Fear, Deal with Uncertainty, and Make Better Decisions
Life is more than NOWnever allow your now to spoil your tomorrow
— Idowu Ayodeji
Inspiration, Admiration - Motivation [I AM]- a very well defined characteristic of the SOUL.
— Sandeep N. Tripathi
What did he understand? Nothing. Where was he headed? Nowhere. What did he want? To know. What? A meaning. Why? A riddle.
— Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The solution to any problem is a positive attitude.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If you're comfortable with solitude, being left out is not a problem
— Cesar Nikko Caharian III
We should look at every woman as we look to our daughters. It is then we find the will to empower, a love that adores & the courage to protect. It is then & only then - we give all women true respect.
— Robert Vanleeuwen
Is there any courage, without craziness?
— Lailah Gifty Akita
In every person lies a beast and a giant. Be careful which of them you awaken to the world with your interactions with people.
— Faithful Akpaloo
Dreams keep us motivated and goals keep us going. But we gotta take action to achieve our goals, to make our dreams come true.
— Abhishek Kumar, Stardust Family - We Are One!
We don’t actually know what a positive or negative experience is. Some of the most difficult and stressful moments of our lives also end up being the most formative and motivating. Some of the best and most gratifying experiences of our lives are also the most distracting and demotivating. Don’t trust your conception of positive/negative experiences. All that we know for certain is what hurts in the moment and what doesn’t. And that’s not worth much.
— Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Rats! It's rainy outside,And to be a good fellaInvite a smile so wideNobody needs umbrella!
— Ana Claudia Antunes, ACross Tic
Once you learn to quit it becomes a habit.
— Tom Landry, Tribute
If you needed some sort of sign, here it is. Get going! You can do it!
— Avina Celeste
To start any thing is like to breathe in open air, to complete it is like to breathe in no air.
— Murari Sharma
Embrace lousy days. I’ve learned to remind myself easy days are part of the deal, and a great day is just around the corner.
— Dan John, Never Let Go: A Philosophy of Lifting, Living and Learning
Whatever you have in mind do, for the Lord is with you.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Be strong, be strong.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but, because of lack of commitment.
— Vince Lombardi Jr.
To become great you have to be good first, and that only occurs by applying yourself. Commit to your passion and refuse to let yourself down.
— Tyconis D. Allison Ty
Eventually you'll get tired of going through the motions with very little emotion.
— Tyconis D. Allison Ty
The world is a terrifying place, more than I ever realized. But if I had my whole life to do over again, that's literally the only thing I'd change. I'd stop being so afraid of other people.
— Brian K. Vaughan, Paper Girls, Vol. 2
When the burden is too heavy on your heart. Cast the weight upon the Lord, for he cares that, you call out to his holy Name.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Life is a service. What you will do lies in your soul.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Heavy burden is laid on our hearts, so we do not trust in ourselves. But in God gives grace for endurance.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Thank God, who delivered us from great death, the doom of distress.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Life is neither a party nor pain. But a prayer.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The fear of God is to depart from evil.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
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!!!
— Assegid Habtewold, The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For Continued Success in Leadership
The heavenly Father is a great Healer.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The only reality is the grace of repentance.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
It is better to be a discipline than a follower.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Love is a fearless force.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Grace is good.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Do not allow any thing to disturb you.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Don't be your own devil.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Woe betides anyone getting in the way of people that keep on muddying the waters, throwing up smoke screens and clouding issues, so as to conceal their dubious motivations. ("Could the milkman be the devil?")
— Erik Pevernagie
It is not in our power to determine our destiny.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Let's us hold hands together in harmony for a peaceful co -existence for alll humankind in every nation.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Adventure begins when something goes wrong
— Anamika Mishra, VoiceMates - A Novel
What is necessary is what is needed.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If we dare the difficult, we shall find the depth of being.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
One and all they are driven by the twin engines of ignorance and willful barbarism. You nod, you also are familiar with these two powerful components of our national character, ignorance and willful barbarianism. Yes, everywhere you turn, and even among the most gifted of us, the most extensively educated, these two brute forces of motivation will eventually emerge. The essential information is always missing; sensitivity is a mere veil to self-concern. We are all secret encouragers of ignorance, at heart we are all willful barbarians.
— John Hawkes, Travesty
If we have reverence for God, we will have respect for one another.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If you pray, you purify your heart.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
If you respect yourself, you will respect others.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I was never really about the money. Every business I've ever started has been more of a curiosity and a kind of "What if...
— Blake Mycoskie
The desires of the flesh leads to sin. But the delight of the spirit leads to life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The delight of the spirit leads to life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
In times of trouble, turn to God.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
We are shaped by every endured situation.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Conquer no man than yourself.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Something that you will deny even exists until it's too late to do anything about it. It's the only reason you get up in the morning, the only reason you suffer the shitty boss, the blood, the sweat and the tears. This is because you want people to know how good, attractive, generous, funny, wild and clever you really are. "Fear or revere me, but please think I'm special." We share an addiction. We're approval junkies. We're all in it for the slap on the back and the gold watch. The "hip, hip, hoo-fucking-rah." Look at the clever boy with the badge, polishing his trophy. Shine on, you crazy diamond. Cos we're just monkeys wrapped in suits, begging for the approval of others.
— Guy Ritchie
If we fail to listen to music, we shall be miserable.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
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.
— Lama Surya Das, Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World
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.
— Lama Surya Das, Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World
It don't matter where you're at 'cause you ain't there yet.
— Andrew V. Barber
Without a song, life is a sorrow.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
The moment is a miracle.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Whatever a man needs is within himself.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
I might be a witness to those who didn't confident in themselves, but I will not be like them.
— Avisheena
The hatred of those who hate me is like a boomerang to them
— Avisheena
Is it better to be useful than successful?
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Bitterness is captivity.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Just imagine, life to be a dance with different kind of rhythms depending on what music is playing in the background. Sometimes we may dance alone and that’s OK, as some songs are simply meant to be danced like that. Practice! Don’t stop! It’s your dance! 
— Nico J. Genes
The real fun of life is in laughing
— Azhar Sabri, The Chronic Mansion
No one needs to give you permission to be great. You hold that authority.
— Kevin Abdulrahman, The Book on What Ever You're Into: These Are the 52 Timeless Winning Truths You Need to Know to Have a Chance at Winning
Don't try to live forever - You can't! But you can do things that will live forever.
— RVM
I fear death. I think I must learn to romanticize death so that I can cope with its brutal irreversible numbness...!
— Lukhman Pambra
A Woman who let out a Sigh Outside a Mansion, should Never ask her Husband Why He Works Late
— Vineet Raj Kapoor
​You can't Believe in Yourself, till People Believe in You.
— Vineet Raj Kapoor
There are an incalculable—even infinite—number of situations in which we can practice forgiveness. Expecting it to be a singular action—motivated by the sheer imperative to move on and forget—can be more damaging than the original feelings of anger. Accepting forgiveness as pluralistic and as an ongoing, individualized process opens us up to realize the role that our own needs play in conflict resolution.
— Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
Mirror mirror on the wall,Show me the one who can conquer it all
— Anamika Mishra
I prefer to die fighting than living defeated
— Luigina Sgarro
Life is not a Race, but we still continue the Chase and try to be an Ace. It’s time to get out of this Maze and Truly Live with Grace.
— RVM
A simple "Hi" has potential to make you blush, if received from your crush ...
— Vergi Crush
Loving kindness is the practice of offering to oneself and others wishes to be happy, peaceful, healthy, strong
— Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
We begin to cultivate real love for ourselves when we treat ourselves with compassion.
— Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
A lack of real love for ourselves is one of the most constricting, painful conditions we can know.
— Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
As you start and end your day, say THANK YOU for every little things in your life. And you will come to realize how blessed you truly are.
— Vergi Crush
Indigence is one of those states, politicians less likely wish to manage.
— Ymatruz
You see, at young age I had known how bitter taste like and it all started with a cup of brewed coffee.
— Ymatruz, The Coffee Cries Foul
My get-up-and-go often leaves without me.
— Nanette Mathews
Hurting someone will not impress them. Intelligence requires empathy to work. Water is wet. The sky is pink through these rose-tinted glasses.
— F.K. Preston
If you're doing something you love, it doesn't matter that it's challenging. You can keep going for a long time as long as you're motivated- just make sure you choose the right starting point. If you're lucky, as happened with Stephen, Your inclination may even become a vocation.
— Chris Guillebeau, The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
I am a deeply uncertain individual. I often find myself acting like a fool to make the people around me laugh. When they’re laughing, they’re not watching me quite as closely. I smile to put people at ease. But what if I opened my mouth one day, spoke my actual thoughts, and the people glared at my opinions? What if they thought me disgusting or frightening or ugly because of my words? Would you keep your lips shut for the rest of your life to not face that judgment? Just for the sake of someone else’s comfort? For these strangers, who I will never know? If I can’t speak then I’ll write. These strangers, whose opinions crush me, will be forced to listen. Because when they read my words those words will make a home within their heads. They may even end up using my own opinions against me. But at least I’ll be hidden behind the pages of a book.
— F.K. Preston
Money is important, no doubt it is. But is it everything? That's the question we miss when we make our Choices in Life.
— RVM
Confidence is not what others think about you, it's what you think about yourself
— Gitika yadav, Voice of thoughts
Strange satisfaction of organizing pencil crayons and sharpening them (the way I used to enjoy sharpening wax crayons as a kid 
— Cheyanne Ratnam
Humans' eyes cannot take in information when there is zero light reflecting back
— Hyrum Yeakley
nothing motivated a person quite as much as the desire for vengeance.
— Douglas Preston, The Kraken Project
The journey to more self love is often a quiet and long road. One without cheerleaders or confetti. Just you and your strong inner conviction to do things differently. There are both triumphs and failures on this road. And when you truly turn a corner you will bask in quiet victory, finally feeling the power you once thought was elsewhere.
— Renae A. Sauter, An Empowered Life: Mind/Body/Spirit Empowerment
Your body expresses yesterday in what it wants today. If you think: yesterday I was, tomorrow I shall be, you are thinking: I have died a little. Be what you are becoming, without clinging to what you might have been, what you might yet be. Never settle. Leave definitiveness to the undecided; we don't need it.
— Luce Irigaray, This Sex Which Is Not One
We don't always get what we want but often something better happens and we become the person we always wanted to be.
— Renae A. Sauter, An Empowered Life: Mind/Body/Spirit Empowerment
As events beyond my control unfold. I go within to find peace.
— Renae A. Sauter
There comes a time to speak your truth and the time is now
— Renae A. Sauter
I am now ready to let go of anyone or anything that prevents me from being me.
— Renae A. Sauter, An Empowered Life: Mind/Body/Spirit Empowerment
Thank you to all the people who have triggered my issues. You have helped me clarify what they are, start the healing process and ultimately become a better person.
— Renae A. Sauter, An Empowered Life: Mind/Body/Spirit Empowerment
Once you realize the magic of life is inside you
—  its impossible not to see it outside as well.
Today I make time to release any burdens that I carry. One by one I release them into the atmosphere, until my body is in a complete state of calm
— Renae A. Sauter, An Empowered Life: Mind/Body/Spirit Empowerment
If you truly want the universe to support you in becoming all you can be
—  be prepared for having any false supports removed from your life
When you claim your amazing, limitless self you are simply owning the highest truth of who you are.
— Renae A.Sauter
To be a world changer
—  resolve your own inner conflict
People ask – how can I enjoy life when I have problems? You may have problems, but you can still enjoy life and be Happy.
— RVM
There is nothing lacking in you. You came into this life as an abundant being. You remain as such. Free your heart and mind from anything but this truth.
— Renae A. Sauter
Sometimes it's about standing in your power.
— Renae A. Sauter, An Empowered Life: Mind/Body/Spirit Empowerment
Many of us learned to repress our creativity. We were told it was secondary to more important skills. The good news is that many of us have untapped gifts just waiting to be expressed. You owe it to yourself to uncover and express your gifts
— Renae A. Sauter, An Empowered Life: Mind/Body/Spirit Empowerment
It is not over, unless you stop trying.
— Nabil N. Jamal
If you believe all those who are urging you to give up are wrong, prove them wrong!
— Nabil N. Jamal
Once you “believe” that you can do it and do take the first step forward, stop doubting yourself.
— Nabil N. Jamal
Competition in business is a blessing, for without it, we wouldn’t be motivated to improve.
— Nabil N. Jamal
Whether you dream big or dream small, chances are your dream will come true if you believe in it and really work on it.
— Nabil N. Jamal
When I was a boy of seven or eight I read a novel untitled "Abafi" — The Son of Aba — a Servian translation from the Hungarian of Josika, a writer of renown. The lessons it teaches are much like those of "Ben Hur," and in this respect it might be viewed as anticipatory of the work of Wallace. The possibilities of will-power and self-control appealed tremendously to my vivid imagination, and I began to discipline myself. Had I a sweet cake or a juicy apple which I was dying to eat I would give it to another boy and go through the tortures of Tantalus, pained but satisfied. Had I some difficult task before me which was exhausting I would attack it again and again until it was done. So I practiced day by day from morning till night. At first it called for a vigorous mental effort directed against disposition and desire, but as years went by the conflict lessened and finally my will and wish became identical.
— Nikola Tesla
When someone influences you to think negatively, they take Charge of your Life and will lead you to Destruction.
— RVM
You must prune to bloom. If the dead weight is not pruned and removed, it compromises the quality, performance, and output of the vine. When you prune what’s not working in your life, you make the space and place for renewal to happen and for new growth to spring forth.
— Susan C. Young
Moments of reflection occur with calm deliberation and careful thought. Imagine the thoughts which would come to you if you would simply allow them. By giving intentional consideration to a situation, you will gain clarity which you may not have achieved otherwise.
— Susan C. Young
Life is a choice. We can be truly Happy or miserable ! Or in-between .... We decide.
— RVM
Perfecting your character isn’t a marathon, a race, or a competition. It can only be won in stride with daily motivation.
— Orly Wahba, Kindness Boomerang: How to Save the World (and Yourself) Through 365 Daily Acts
I'LL LET YOU FREE IN MY NEVERLAND 
— Vergi Crush
as you know that prior to Search Enggine (google, yahoo, bing etc) our knowledge comes from books. and we often underestimate the cover of the book before reading it. where the universe and everything in it were all neatly recorded in the book .. but unfortunately, lately reduced book reader interest. and tonight I say that the inspiration of the book far more powerful than anything .. not even a lot of writers who took also into his imagination. yes, I started to read
— Vergi Crush
I WILL REJECT DEATH IF I KNOW HAND COME"but .....................We would not be able to resist the will of god.Whenever, wherever you are. may god is ready to take your life.and honestly death is only the secrets of god almighty one.
— Vergi Crush
Never underestimate the power of pain. Once it's revealed, you would see the unexpected result coming up.
— Pich
Not all angels come from above. Some are beside you or around you even as we speak. Then why can't we see them? Because we are too busy searching for them elsewhere. We won't find them unless we stop looking for them amongst the demons or in our prayers offered to the Gods. Open your eyes, perceive your vicinity and analyse people - only then will you find the true angels.
— Adhish Mazumder
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.
— Adam M. Grant, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Your thinking has the potentiality to make you a kid or a king, in it lies your enthronement or dethronement.
— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
DEAR LIGHT : you colored my life, and then you destroy me!
— Vergi Crush
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.
— Adam M. Grant, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Without a sense of urgency , people ... won't make needed sacrafices. Instead they cling to the status quo and resist.' - Quoting John Kotter
— Adam M. Grant, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
... superb presentations - start by establishing "what is: here's the status quo." Then, they "compare that to what could be," making "that gap as big as possible" - Quoting Nancy Duarte
— Adam M. Grant, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
By looking on the bright side, we'll activate enthusiasm and turn on the go system.
— Adam Grant, Originals: How Non-conformists Change the World
Instead of courage' management guru Tom Peters recommends fostering 'a level of fury with the status quo such that one cannot not act.
— Adam M. Grant, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Only human can learn from others’ mistakes, and one who doesn’t, ceases to become a human.
— Sandeep Sahajpal
All it takes, is a little spark...
— Karen Laffey, 7 Ways to Feel Better Right Now
Nobody will walk the entire journey with you. Their roads do diverge, so does yours.
— Damini Aggarwal, Zindagi Rewind
You're not winged because you are flying on a dragon
— Cass Ark Galleas, About Myself
Another company came up with an even more brilliant idea --- that nobody could own their own cubicle -- designing the system such that those who showed up to work earliest in the morning could claim the ones closest to the windows. None of the cubicles had anything but a desk, a place to connect a computer, and a chair. No one could establish a sense of connection to their workspace. Ultimately, by setting the atmosphere this way, the company communicated to the employees that they are valued only for their direct productivity and that they are easily replaceable.
— Dan Ariely, Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations
Don’t be afraid of exploring your capabilities, of seeking adventures, of searching for answers, of pushing the envelope, of finding gaps between the fences. Don’t, be afraid... Period. Life is too short to be a wuss.
— Kakali Bandyopadhyay
May the fire in your soul, burn down all the fences and walls which this society is trying to build around you.
— Akshay Vasu
Motivating employees to work at their full potential is the main premise of successful management.
— Eraldo Banovac
However bad life may seem, where there is life, there is hope.
— Stephen Hawking
The Yogic system does not talk about God. It does not talk about the soul or heaven. Such talk invariably makes people hallucinatory. Yoga talks only about the barriers that you have set up, because this resistance is all that needs to be attended to. The creator is not looking for your attention. The ropes that bind you and the walls that block you- these are one hundred percent of your making. And these are all you need to unknot and dismantle. You have no work with existence. You only have work with the existence that you created.
— Sadhguru, Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy
Managers can use power, money or certain circumstances to achieve short-term results. However, motivation is crucial for achieving long-term results.
— Eraldo Banovac
Without the nourishment of the soul, there is no strength of spirit.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
You asked about important factors in management. I think the answer is quite simple – the most important factor is motivation.
— Eraldo Banovac
In a society, IF people place intellect and ethics above money & material , the nation is on the ascendancy. But when it is the reverse, that is, money and material are more important, then it is an indication that the nation is becoming decadent.
— Uma Shanker
Maybe there wasn't, after all, a clear motivation for any of the things that people did. Maybe they just did them for no reason at all or because of stupidity or selfishness or cowardice or anger or for reasons that made no rational sense - because the clouds happened to be a particularly gloomy shade of gray that day, because the barking of an old dog chained to a sycamore tree just happened to sound exactly like the crunch of soldiers' boots on gravel or the hum of bees like an engine in the head driving you mad.
— John Gregory Brown, A Thousand Miles from Nowhere