#motivation

The nerves of the skin send pain signals to the brain to warn us of the danger from and impending injury. In the case of self-inflicted wounding, this pain acts as the body's own defense mechanism to stop one from proceeding in the effort at physical injury. If a person proceeds despite the pain, that means that he or she is motivated by something stronger than the pain, something that makes him or her capable of ignoring or enduring it. ↗

— Steven Levenkron

#motivational

Fear no one except the One. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#fear-of-god #god #insprirational #islam #motivational

People talk of their motives in a cut and dried way. Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster. I am not a monster but I have not felt exactly what other women feel, or say they feel, for fear of being thought unlike others. ↗

— George Eliot

#motivational

It's not about what you have to do, its what you need to do. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#work-ethic #motivational

I make the difference: finding good ideas and making them great. ↗

— Cozonacci

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Be thankful for the people who have stood by you and cheered you on, but don't forget to be thankful for the ones that said it could not be done. Writing a book is no small task and even the skeptics can help you get where you want to be! ↗

— C.K. Webb

#ck-webb #motivation #skeptics #supporters #writing

stretching yourself brings you maximum effort with effortless flow, aligning with spirit and purpose. ↗

— Ron Broussard

#stretchyourself-ron-broussard #motivational

If you come into contact with that rare once in a lifetime opportunity, instantly own it, remember all it takes is a slight pondering moment for a stake to be placed, the opportunity can and will easily be claimed by another. ↗

— Victoria Addino

#motivation #opportunity #success #motivational

For me, boviscopophobia (=the morbid fear of being seen as bovine) is an even stronger motive than semi-agoraphobia for staying on the ship when we're in port. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#phobias #travel #motivational

Fear is a matter of misplaced attention. Focus on redirecting it. ↗

— Patricia Ryan Madson

#motivational