Motivation Quotes

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

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"Let the object of your life be to gain money, power, and rank, but let the light that illumines every effort be truth, justice, and goodness."
Cicero
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"To despise the pursuit of excellence is to despise the very essence of humanity."
Avicenna
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"The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated."
Thomas Aquinas
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"Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one."
Epictetus
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"You became undeserving the moment you stopped trying."
Epictetus
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"Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose."
Seneca
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"The only thing that can stop you is you, and you've got to make a decision that this is your time."
Seneca
"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one."
Marcus Aurelius
"When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember that your purpose is to do good for people."
Marcus Aurelius
"When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail."
Marcus Aurelius
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"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything."
Augustine of Hippo
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"Motivation arises when we align our actions with our deepest understanding of truth."
Averroes
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"The pursuit of honor is the source of all activity."
Cicero
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"Greatness consists in trying and in having tried, not merely in being."
Cicero
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"Every agent acts for an end."
Thomas Aquinas
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"A man is as wretched as he has convinced himself he is."
Seneca
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"Any place where you would like to do anything is the right place to begin."
Seneca
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"Waste no time arguing what a good man should be. Be one."
Epictetus
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"Your potential is unlimited; your excuses are optional."
Epictetus
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"God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination."
Augustine of Hippo
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"The greatest thing you can do in this world is to love something greater than yourself."
Augustine of Hippo
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"You cannot live a positive life with negative thinking."
Augustine of Hippo
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"The measure of your growth is what you do with what you have."
Augustine of Hippo
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"Do not wait; the time will never be just right."
Augustine of Hippo
"When you wake up, think of the value of the day that is before you."
Marcus Aurelius
"In your actions, don't procrastinate. In your speech, don't confuse. In your thoughts, don't waver."
Marcus Aurelius
"You become what you repeatedly do."
Marcus Aurelius
"Do every act of your life as if it were your last."
Marcus Aurelius
"Your life is not determined by your circumstances, but by your thoughts about them."
Marcus Aurelius
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"What motivates the soul is not fear of punishment or hope of reward, but the intrinsic beauty of understanding."
Averroes