When you simply don’t have the drive or if you feel you’re on a dead end road, it just may be time for a change. One of the best ways to get motivated is to understand our innermost desires. Some call it taking pride in a job well done. Others think of it as perfection hunger. Whatever you call it, it may be useful to consider how others have chosen to share their thoughts on the matter.
- Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em. — William Shakespeare
- You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. — C. S. Lewis
- Having a dream, living that dream, losing that dream, dreaming again and then having that dream come true again is one of the greatest feelings ever because I`m stronger. — Aaron Carter
- Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over. — Guy Finley
- I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become. — Oprah Winfrey
- That which doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. — Friedrich Nietzsche
- It is never too late to be what you might have been. — George Eliot
- What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. — Henry Stanley Haskins
- All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them. — Walt Disney
- Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. — Charles R. Swindoll
- There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. — Denis Waitley
- An obstacle is often a stepping stone. — Prescott
- The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. — Lao Tzu
- The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others. — Hasidic proverb
- Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. — Anonymous
- Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. — Dalai Lama
- After a storm comes a calm. — Matthew Henry
- A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. — Ayn Rand
- If you’re going through hell, keep going. — Winston Churchill
- With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. — Eleanor Roosevelt
- Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. — Wayne Dyer
- The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. — Confucius
- Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory. — Bob Marley
- I don’t believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be. — Ken Venturi
- Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. — Thomas A. Edison
- If you can dream it, you can do it. — Walt Disney
- Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now. — Denis Waitley
- Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward. — Victor Kiam
- Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. — Thomas Jefferson
- When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. — Thomas Jefferson
- Expect problems and eat them for breakfast. — Alfred A. Montapert
- By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. — Benjamin Franklin
- Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. — William James
- Either you run the day or the day runs you. — Jim Rohn
- Always desire to learn something useful. — Sophocles
- If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. — John D. Rockefeller
- Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. — Thomas Jefferson
- Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. — Saint Teresa of Avila
- What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. — Henry David Thoreau
- I’ve worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down. — Mia Hamm
- Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. — Kyle Chandler
- Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. — John F. Kennedy
- Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. — Robert H. Schuller
- Well done is better than well said. — Benjamin Franklin
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
- The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. — Thomas Paine
- What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. — Ralph Marston
- Never complain and never explain. — Benjamin Disraeli
- Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there. — Bo Jackson
- You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. — Henry Ford
- Leap, and the net will appear. — John Burroughs
- The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. — Mark Caine
- It’s always too early to quit. — Norman Vincent Peale
- Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. — William James
- Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself. — Swami Sivananda
- Who seeks shall find. — Sophocles
- The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future. — Philip Emeagwali
- Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. — Tony Robbins
- When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder. — Natalie Gulbis
- You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win. — Ted Turner
- The most effective way to do it, is to do it. — Amelia Earhart
- The secret of getting ahead is getting started. — Mark Twain
- Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. — Walter Elliot
- Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. — Julie Andrews
- Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. — Jesus
When you’re searching your soul for new resolutions, consult your enthusiasm. And, while you’re at it, think about the origin of of that particular term. Enthusiasm is rooted in the Greek en Theos which means God within!