#iona

If you make a choice in this conference and you stick to it to be an excellent person in everything you do and you stick to it especially to be excellent when nobody is looking and do it not to get a result but to glorify God you’re going to have peace and joy and you’re going to have results. My concern is that if we just do something to get results then we’re not likely to follow things all the way through to the finish, because we get very discouraged, and I think that’s one of the reasons we have such discouragement among people. “Well, I’m doing this, and I expected to get a breakthrough before now.” ….. Well, I think God has to purify our hearts and get us to the point where we are not just doing something right just to get something! ↗

— Joyce Meyer

#motivational

You don't have to be a hero to accomplish great things---to compete. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals. ↗

— Edmund Hillary

#motivational

Commitment is a word invented in our abstract modernity to signify the absence of any real motives in the soul for moral dedication. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#morality #motivational

Kemenangan bukanlah prioritas utama dalam suatu perlombaan, tapi juga dapat menjadi pengalaman dan motivasi diri. Chairul Tanjung (Page: 261) ↗

— Tjahja Gunawan Diredja

#motivational

I've learned that the universe doesn't care what our motives are, only our actions. So we should do things that will bring about good, even if there is an element of selfishness involved. Like the kids at my school might join the Key Club or Future Buisness Leaders of America, because it's a social thing and looks good on their record, not because they really want to volunteer at the nursing home. But the people at the nursing home still benefit from it, so it's better that the kids do it than not do it. And if they never did it, then they wouldn't find out that they actually liked it. ↗

— Wendy Mass

#inspirational

Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?" [Sherlock Holmes on his raison d'être.] ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#motivation #raison-d-être #sherlock-holmes #motivational

The first step in conforming our intellect to God's truth is to die to our vanity, pride, and craving for respect from colleagues and the public. We must let go of the worldly motivations that drive us, praying to be motivated solely by a genuine desire to submit our minds to God's Word - and then to use that knowledge in service to others. ↗

— Nancy Pearcey

#renewal #motivational

Man will never be stronger nor independent if he lives under perpetual motivation of others. ↗

— Toba Beta

#self-motivation #motivational

Certain situations need a Jedi-like approach. One of these is when you are in a strange environment, usually where you feel unsure of yourself. You would be surprised how, if you walk with confidence and meaning, people will see this as a mark of confidence, yet you are perhaps shaking inside but outwardly you have the gait of a confident Jedi Knight. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#empowerment #jedi #motivational #self-confidence #self-help

A Master Jedi feels emotions, but they do not allow them to influence their reasoning. Yoda told Luke that he would know the good from the bad when he was 'calm, at peace. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#empowerment #jedi #motivational #self-confidence #self-help