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Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.
Aristotle (see works by and about Aristotle )
Leap, and the net will appear.
from The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron (see works by Julia Cameron )
There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living doing what you love, there is only scarcity of will to make it happen.
from You’ll See It When You Believe It, by Wayne Dyer (see works by Wayne Dyer )
To get out of difficulty, you must go through it.
Unknown
Do or do not; there is no try.
Yoda, in the film Star Wars
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
Anthony Robbins (see works by Anthony Robbins )
Stop talking to people about what you will do; show them instead what your are doing.
from Living Wonderfully, by Robert Holden (see works by Robert Holden )
Will today be the day you decide once and for all to make your life consistent with the quality of your spirit? Then start by proclaiming, “This is who i am. This is what my life is about. And this is what I’m going to do. Nothing will stop me from achieving my destiny. I will not be denied!”
from Awaken the Giant Within, by Anthony Robbins (see other works by Anthony Robbins )
When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bounds. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.
Pantanjali (see works by or about Pantanjali )
The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what the task may be. This is a habit followed by all successful people since the beginning of time. Therefore I saith the surest way to doom yourself to mediocrity is to perform only the work for which you are paid.
Og Mandino (1923-1996) American motivational author and speaker (see works by Og Mandino )
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
George Eliot (1819-1880) English Novelist (see works by George Eliot )
It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (see works by Teilhard de Chardin )
We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in our souls, the deathless dream, the eternal poetry, the perennial sense that life is miracle and magic.
E Merrill Root (1895-1973) American writer (see works by E Merrill Root )
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it!
Jonathan Winters
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.
Dwight Eisenhower (see works by and about Dwight Eisenhower )
The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond the wildest dreams.
Sidney Madwed, American speaker and poet
Don’t wait for your “ship to come in” and feel angry and cheated when it doesn’t. Get going with something small.
Irene Kassorla
I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.
Helen Keller (1880-1968) American writer (see works by and about Helen Keller )
When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life.
Greg Anderson
Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.
Alexis Carrel
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
Longfellow (see works by Longfellow )
Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
Jean de la Fontaine (see works by Jean de la Fontaine )
Walk around feeling like a leaf.
Know you could tumble any second.
Then decide what to do with your time.
Naomi Shihab Nye
When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and your discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.
Patanjali, spiritual teacher in India (sometimes known as the Father of Yoga) around 2000 years ago (see works by and about Pantanjali )
When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing – then we truly live life.
Greg Anderson
Fulfilling the four needs (spiritual, mental, physical, social) in an integrated way is like combining elements in chemistry. When we reach a "critical mass" of integration, we experience spontaneous combustion – an explosion of inner synergy that ignites the fire within and gives vision, passion, and a spirit of adventure to life.
Stephen Covey (see works by Stephen Covey )
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