Motivation Quotes

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

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"Every agent acts for an end, which is its good."
Thomas Aquinas
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"We are often willing to die, but we are not willing to live for our purpose."
Seneca
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"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how."
Augustine of Hippo
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"Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation."
Epictetus
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"Man's greatest strength lies in his choice to be better."
Mencius
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"What is the object of any action but to get some good."
Cicero
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"The noblest motive is the public good."
Cicero
"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one."
Marcus Aurelius
"Slow down. Pause. Stop complaining about your obstacles and start attacking them."
Marcus Aurelius
"When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember your purpose."
Marcus Aurelius
"Your task is not to foresee the future, but to enable it."
Marcus Aurelius
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"Those who would move the world must first move themselves."
Zhuangzi
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"Pursue not what you desire, but perfect yourself."
Zhuangzi
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"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
Zhuangzi
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"The time for action is now."
Seneca
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
Laozi
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"In every difficulty, remember: this is an opportunity to show your character."
Epictetus
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"The universe conspires to help those who know what they want and work toward it."
Epictetus
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"Great thoughts alone are not sufficient; they must be accompanied by deeds."
Mencius
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"Motivation comes not from external reward but from internal conviction."
Mencius
"The beginning is the most important part of any work"
Thales of Miletus
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes"
Thales of Miletus
"The only impossibility is the one you believe in"
Thales of Miletus
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"The man who says he can and the man who says he can't are both usually right."
Confucius
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"Earnestness is one half of good action."
Confucius
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"The man who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the man doing it."
Zhuangzi
"You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think."
Marcus Aurelius
"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."
Marcus Aurelius
"Every moment - live fully. Every hour - choose wisely. Every day - act righteously."
Marcus Aurelius
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"The miserable are those who are always desiring what they cannot have."
Epicureanism Epicurus