#motivation

No one is willing to believe that adults too, like children, wander about this earth in a daze and, like children, do not know where they come from or where they are going, act as rarely as they do according to genuine motives, and are as thoroughly governed as they are by biscuits and cake and the rod. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#motivational

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives. ↗

— Criss Jami

#battle #bias #combat #discernment #disputes

A smile is the best way to get oneself out of a tight spot, even if it is a fake one. Surprisingly enough, everyone takes it at face value. I read that in a book." "If you keep staring at me, I'll hit you." "I only became part of your team recently when I replaced Sasuke, so I don't know everything that's going on. I don't really understand people either. But even I can tell that Naruto really loves you. Naruto's been shouldering that promise for a long time...I think he means to shoulder it for the rest of his life. I don't know what you said to him, but it's just like what's been done to me - it feels like a curse. Sasuke causes Naruto pain, but I think you do too." "Sasuke is only helping spread his darkness across the world. Letting him live will only sow the seeds of another war. He's just another criminal now. Sasuke lost all hope of coming back when his group, Akatsuki, attacked our village. Your fellow Konoha shinobi would never accept him now. Sakura's not stupid, either. She understands the position he's put us all in. That's why she came out here, to tell you herself. ↗

— Masashi Kishimoto

#dramatic #humorous #inspirational #manga #motivational

People get stuck a lot because they're afraid to act; in the worst case,...we get so attached to some end result that we can't function. We need help just to move on, only life doesn't wait. ↗

— Bernie Glassman

#change #life-changing #life-lessons #motivation #philosophy

NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve. It's sad that we are turning the programme in a direction where it will reduce the amount of motivation and stimulation it provides to young people. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#amount #been #direction #investments #most

Quality is not an act, it is a habit. ↗

— Aristotle

#act #habit #quality

We can’t continuously be a society of well-wishers. We must take action to bring those wishes to fruition. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#fruition #motivational #society #success #wishing

I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused. ↗

— Graham Greene

#motivational

Why would you give someone the power to tell you that you can't go further when they don't even know how far you've come? ↗