#motivation

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

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One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#politics #politics-language #totalitarianism #motivational

Even when no one else, believe in you ↗

— Jeplyn Siboro

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Hidup itu seperti air mengalir saja. Tapi, kalau bisa mengalir yang deras. Batu pun kadang bisa menggelundung , kalah dengan air yang deras. Itu menangnya orang yang tidak punya cita-cita tinggi sejak awal. Hidupnya lebih fleksible. Karena tidak punya cita-cita, kalau dalam perjalanannya menghadapi batu besar, ia akan membelok. Tapi, kalau orang berpegang teguh pada cita-cita, bertemu batu pun akan ditabrak. Iya kalau batunya yang nggelundung, lha kalau kepalanya yang pecah gimana? ↗

— Dahlan Iskan

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Though I cannot tell why it was exactly that those stage managers, the Fates, put me down for this shabby part of a whaling voyage, when others were set down for magnificent parts in high tragedies, and short and easy parts in genteel comedies, and jolly parts in faces—though I cannot tell why this was exactly; yet, now that I recall all the circumstances, I think I can see a little into the springs and motives which being cunningly presented to me under various disguises, induced me to set about performing the part I did, besides cajoling me into the delusion that it was a choice resulting from my own unbiased freewill and discriminating judgment. ↗

— Herman Melville

#destiny #fate #freewill #motivational

There is a tendency on the left, to think if someone in any way disagrees with the left it must be for the lowest possible reason and if you found the lowest possible motive you have found the right one. Theres this whole culture of no one would leave us or quarrel with us if they weren't a sellout. It is actually a very sick mentality and very widespread. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#the-left #motivational

Ish #211 "Your child is your parental obligation, not friend. ↗

— Regina Griffin

#motivation #motivational-quotes #truth-insprational #motivational

Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational, a book that offers an entertaining and engaging overview of behavioral economics. ↗

— Daniel H. Pink

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Lawyers often face intense demands but have relatively little “decision latitude.” Behavioral scientists use this term to describe the choices, and perceived choices, a person has. In a sense, it’s another way of describing autonomy—and lawyers are glum and cranky because they don’t have much of it. ↗

— Daniel H. Pink

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