#motivation

Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but nobody wants to lift no heavy-ass weights. ↗

— Ronnie Coleman

#motivational

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

#motivational

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

#determination #motivation #motivational

It did not seem as if a prop were withdrawn, but rather as if a motive were gone: it was not the power to be tranquil which had failed me, but the reason for tranquility was no more. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#motivational

Some writers, notably Anton Chekov, argue that all characters must be admirable, because once we've looked at anyone deeply enough and understood their motivation we must identify with them rather than judge them. ↗

— Scarlett Thomas

#heroes #villains #writing #motivational

Nothing cuts the nerve of the desire to pursue holiness as much as a sense of guilt. On the contrary, nothing so motivates us to deal with sin in our lives as does the understanding and application of the two truth that our sins are forgiven and the dominion of sin is broken because of our union with Christ. ↗

— Jerry Bridges

#guilt #holiness #union-with-christ #motivational

Finding this, she was much perplexed as to Henchard's motives in opening the matter at all; for in such cases we attribute to an enemy a power of consistent action which we never find in ourselves or or in our friends... ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#motives #motivational

I do not claim to have attained optimum emotional well-being. Actually, I think that may be a lifetime goal. For me it’s an ongoing process that requires awareness, knowledge, and practice. I do know what good emotional health feels like, and that motivates me to keep at the practice. ↗

— Andrew Weil

#well-being #motivational

[He] had insisted that inanimate objects couldn't have malignant motivations, but Emma had extensive proof to the contrary. ↗

— Lauren Willig

#inanimate-objects #motivational

So, kiss the girl. Buy the dress. Take a vacation. Join the circus. Order the fried frog legs. Try out for the play. Learn to snowboard. Do something that scares the shit out of you. Or something that makes you happy. Or something that makes you cry. Whatever it is, do something that makes you feel. Because feeling nothing is no way to go through life. ↗

— Valérie Thomas

#motivational #life