Motivation Quotes

When you need a push, these words deliver. The fuel for getting started and keeping going.

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"If our people would but be zealous and active in the faith, all would be well."
John Wesley
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"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."
William James
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"Seize the present day and make it yours."
William James
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"Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing."
William James
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"The only true failure is the refusal to continue seeking."
Jacob Böhme
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"Motivation flows most powerfully from a sense of purpose larger than oneself."
Emanuel Swedenborg
"Let your life become a testimony to the power of grace and truth."
Charles Wesley
"The fire of devotion must be kindled daily, lest it grow cold."
Charles Wesley
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"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how."
Spinoza
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"Desire is the very essence of man."
Spinoza
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"Motivation comes from within, not without."
Ibn Arabi
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"What we think in our hearts manifests in our actions."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Motivation comes from within, not from external reward."
Jacob Böhme
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"Motivation sustained by ego inevitably leads to burnout and despair."
Jacob Böhme
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"Half of spirituality is showing up."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"Don't seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"Give your life the gift of meaning and purpose."
Hafiz
"Motivation flows from a sense of purpose larger than ourselves."
Charles Wesley
"Motivation that lasts comes not from external reward but internal conviction."
Charles Wesley
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"Motivation is temporary; only purpose endures."
Ibn Arabi
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"Desire is the very essence of man, in so far as it is constituted by any of his modifications."
Spinoza
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"Motivation is the fuel that drives us forward, but wisdom must steer the vehicle."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Motivation without direction is merely agitation; direction without motivation is stagnation."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"What you seek is also seeking you."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"Go out into the world and do good. Come back and tell me about it."
Hafiz
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"Every moment offers us the chance to choose love over fear."
Teresa of Avila
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"Desire is the very essence of man."
Spinoza
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"Ambition grows where reason diminishes."
Spinoza
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"Whatever diminishes or increases our power of acting can be the subject of our desire."
Spinoza