#motivation

You can only work on yourself. Start there. ↗

— Alice O. Howell

#motivational

Anything which is physically possible can always be made financially possible; money is a bugaboo of small minds. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#money #motivation #money

Mr. Rivenhall said to Sophy, “If this is your doing—!” “I promise you it is not. If I thought that he had the smallest notion of your hostility, I should say that he had rolled you up, Charles, foot and guns!” He was obliged to laugh. “I doubt if he would have the smallest notion of anything less violent than a blow from a cudgel. How you can tolerate the fellow!” “I told you that I was not at all nice in my ideas. Come, don’t let us talk of him! I have sworn an oath to heaven not to quarrel with you today.” “You amaze me! Why?” “Don’t be such an ape!” she begged. “I want to drive your grays, of course! ↗

— Georgette Heyer

#cousin #ulterior-motive #motivational

The truly terrible thing is that everybody has their reasons. ↗

— Jean Renoir

#reason #reasoning #reasons #understanding #motivational

Whether you say, 'I can' or 'I can't,' you're right either way. ↗

— Jordan Belfort

#success #motivational

People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest. ↗

— Zig Ziglar

#motivation #work #motivational

Achievement is achievement no matter how small it is. ↗

— Veronica Purcell

#motivational

Competition is a rude yet effective motivation. ↗

— Toba Beta

#effective #motivation #rude #motivational

Be motivated like the falcon, hunt gloriously. Be magnificent as the leopard, fight to win. Spend less time with nightingales and peacocks. One is all talk, the other only color. ↗

— Rumi

#motivational

Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#pain #values #motivational