#motivation

The road to success is always under construction ↗

— Lily Tomlin

#motivational

Rise and rise again until lambs become lions ↗

— Robin Hood

#hood #life #motivation #never #never-give-up

The dog’s agenda is simple, fathomable, overt: I want. “I want to go out, come in, eat something, lie here, play with that, kiss you. There are no ulterior motives with a dog, no mind games, no second-guessing, no complicated negotiations or bargains, and no guilt trips or grudges if a request is denied. ↗

— Caroline Knapp

#animals #dogs #simple #motivational

Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR per G.G., CHIEF OF ORDNANCE ↗

— Mark Twain

#preface #reading #warning #motivational

...yelling doesn't make a thing any more possible. ↗

— Angie Sage

#motivational #yelling #motivational

The hallway led me to the stairway of a million steps. My leg screamed in protest. I sighed and started climbing. I just had to keep from limping. Limping showed weakness, and I didn’t need any enterprising, career-motivated shapeshifters trying to challenge me for dominance right about now. I had once mentioned my desire for an elevator, and His Majesty asked me if I would like a flock of doves to carry me up to my quarters so my feet wouldn’t have to touch the ground. We were sparring at the time and I kicked him in the kidney in retaliation. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#curran #kate #motivational

Sometimes it's worth lingering on the journey for a while before getting to the destination. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#motivational #richelle-mead #the-indigo-spell #motivational

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. ↗

— Epictetus

#motivational

But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#slavery #motivational

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#people #prejudice #pride #relationships #vanity