Quotes & Sayings About Inner Motivation

You have immense strength for every good work. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Self-liberation is the greatest victory. — Lailah Gifty Akita

People have the inner resources to become anything they want to be. Challenge just becomes the vehicle for tapping into those inner resources. — Erik Weihenmayer

You possess a divine strength to fulfill your dream. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Every ever you are, you can shine! — Lailah Gifty Akita

You don't have to be bitter in life. Focus on the beauty of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You are a sacred-being. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Strengthen yourself in the word of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Every thought you cultivate is a brushstroke on the canvas of your life. Your life then, is an outer picture of your inner thoughts. — Toni Sorenson

May you find courage, faith and hope to live your dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Food and eating often mask our pain, our inner longing for God, for acceptance. It is key to know our motivation for eating as well as for other actions. Why do I eat? Am I tired, am I bored, am I stressed and tired? A good practice is to live in the present moment, aware of the reality in which I am immersed. — Mary DeTurris Poust

Your inner nature is your kind nature, when you give unconditionally, when you are inspired or feel truly motivated and full of vitality — Gyalwa Dokhampa

Use your time and your strength for your accomplishments. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Every answer I seek lies within me. Any outward seeking for my answers can only take me as far as my inner self permits. — Pooja Ruprell

May the Creator be with you along unknown journey. — Lailah Gifty Akita

God's presence in our lives gives us peace and joy. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Use the information you've been given as an individual, but NEVER let what you've heard or read or experienced in the past prevent you from answering the call on your life.

You are responsible for your life. That includes the voice inside you and everything it calls you to do. Don't ignore that voice to follow rules that don't fit. When a jacket doesn't fit anymore, it's time to donate it. Same principle applies for rules which no longer serve you.

You don't have to curse the rules or condemn them. In fact, there might be someone else who would benefit from them at the exact moment you no longer need them.

Just step into all that you can be and all that you can do. — Stephen Lovegrove

What binds Buddhism, Sufism, and Quaker practices together is a belief in our interconnectedness; profound respect for others; being guided by a greater good beyond material possessions, status, and image; valuing silence and stillness of the mind; acceptance of differences; developing inner awareness of one's perceptions and motivation; commitment to service; and seeking guidance from within. — Charlotte Kasl

Spiritual-self consist of a determined soul and indomitable spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Lewis wanted us to understand that the inner world is shaped by stories. — Alister E. McGrath

You are beyond worth and your potential to change is in your next thought. — Toni Sorenson

Adversity is awakening of spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Daring life, optimistic living. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The best way I have ever found to fill that hole is not to seek external motivations to fill the emptiness, but to ignite the internal fire that will never go out. To light up my own inner sky. — James Altucher

Our lives reflect our inner image. If we think we're worth it, that worth will manifest in our lives. If we think we're not worthy, we'll live in lack. Believe your worth it and you will become worth it. — Toni Sorenson

The ones who are successful are the ones who really want it. You have to have that inner drive otherwise it's not going to work out. — Kerri Strug

In calmness and confidence, thy strength manifest. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You must seek the divinity within with all your heart, soul and mind. — Lailah Gifty Akita

There is a God part in you. The consciousness. The pure Self. Learn to listen the voice of that Power. — Amit Ray

May you find the courage to rise above any circumstance. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I don't think it's a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to not be struggling for survival. For people who don't know where their next meal is coming, notions of finding inner motivation are comical. — Daniel H. Pink

Be strong in heart, spirit and mind. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be at peace with yourself and everyone. It is the greatest inner strength. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I CHOOSE to live by choice not by chance, to be motivated not manipulated, to be useful not used, to make change not excuses, to excel not compete. I CHOOSE self-esteem not self pity. I choose to listen to my inner voice, NOT TO LISTEN TO THE RANDOM OPINIONS OF OTHERS. — Auliq Ice

The strength of my heart is the music in my spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You are a divine self. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Now, motivational patterns are going to be similar among all espionage agents. That is to say: there will be certain types of motivation that are similar despite differing schools or opposed aims. You will study first how to separate this element for your analysis - in the beginning, through interrogation patterns that betray the inner orientation of the interrogators; secondly, by close observation of language-thought orientation of those under analysis. You will find it fairly simple to determine the root languages of your subjects, of course, both through voice inflection and speech pattern. — Frank Herbert

What's crucial is whether your writing attains the standards you've set for yourself. ( ... ) Basically a writer has a quiet, inner motivation, and doesn't seek validation in the outwardly visible. — Haruki Murakami

Cause sometimes, you just feel tired. Feel weak. And when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give up. But you gotta search within you. You gotta find that inner strength, and just pull that shit out of you. And get that motivation to NOT give up and NOT be a quitter. No matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face and collapse. — Eminem

The greatest obsession is I believe in myself. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I found an inner strength to fight for myself. It was clear that nobody else would. — Tehmina Durrani

I would almost describe spirituality as a concern for one's being, one's inner motivation and attitude, one's real inner Source, as opposed to any primary concern for one's "doing." Doing will always take care of itself when your being is right. It is our preoccupation with external forms and successes that makes us superficial, judgmental, split off and often just downright wrong - without knowing it. god — Richard Rohr

The glory of God is upon you.
Arise in great might and chase your dream. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Don't be led by the opinions of others. Listen to your sacred voice. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You have to push through every barrier to get to the mountain top. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The power of the mind is the strength of being. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The hate in heart can consume you not outside events. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Never believe for a second that your weak, within all of us we have a reserve of inner hidden strength, — Victoria Addino

The sacred being speaks at a sacred time. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Today more than ever before, its time to go through with life. Stop thinking so hard about what it is that you want to do. Go out and conquer your dreams! Only you can walk your path. Remember that inner voice and use it to drive yourself straight to your determined finish line! — Sereda Aleta Dailey

Religion is a natural phenomenon of the human mind, but today, in the hands of theoretical bloodsucking religious preachers it has become a lifeless mockery. Now is the time that you take back religion from those intellectual idiots and place it where it belongs, in the temple of your inner cosmos. — Abhijit Naskar

You can accomplish your goals by grace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Seek to know God and thy sacred self. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Great faith, Great hope, Great courage. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Your inner strength is your outer foundation — Allan Rufus

When you feel down and out you must reach up and out
to Spirit! Our strength will only resonate deep within your souls if you open your heart and minds with us. — Jim Fargiano

If you are looking for answers for your life, know that the answers are within you. When you close your eyes, and focus on your inner God (meditate), you will know what to do. Trust yourself! — Camilla Dorand

The peace within can calm every stormy waves. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Perhaps for many Japanese, autobiographical fiction writing is life. We are a people expected to complement, to harmonize, to anticipate one another's needs. All without a single spoken clue.

And the reason is that he's in training to be a writer. Observing detail, understanding irony, interpreting motivation. Hiro knows that acts are symbolic. The hard sour fruit offered too soon in its season carries a message. He has made an error in the timing of his visit. He has inconvenienced that family.

This is the Japanese way. Cogitating on inner meaning. Revealing ourselves and perceiving others through carefully crafted scenes.

Writing our endless I-stories. — Lydia Minatoya

May you find the courage to confidently pursue your dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The journey to more self love is often a quiet and long road. One without cheerleaders or confetti. Just you and your strong inner conviction to do things differently. There are both triumphs and failures on this road. And when you truly turn a corner you will bask in quiet victory, finally feeling the power you once thought was elsewhere. — Renae A. Sauter

Love begets faith.
Faith begets courage.
Courage begets strength.
Strength begets positive thoughts. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You ought to recognise your special talent, for your specific purpose. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Make plans for your new goals. And press towards achieving the goals with all your strength. — Lailah Gifty Akita

When engaging in simple everyday banter and communications, this rule of thumb can really help suppress a lot of our negative word 'vomit' since we often mindlessly chat about the things we don't like. If we refrain from expressing our negative opinions about things unless they're directly asked for, we can train ourselves to respond rather than react the second we see or hear something and then feel we must verbalize our views about it.

Remember, even if we don't agree with someone or something, we can still speak about the subject at hand in a positive light to encourage growth rather than guilty motivation. I like to say I express more "inspirations" than "opinions" with each passing day. — Alaric Hutchinson

Accept only the divine self. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You ought to follow your inner voice. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Though I am faced with many adversities, my heart will not faint. The Lord is my comfort, my hope and my peace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The inner being is a divine soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Is there love without an action? No! Love is an active word. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Above all, protect your inner light. There are those that seek to take it from you. — Sara Secora

Revive, Rekindle, Rejoice. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You can achieve your set-goals by God's grace — Lailah Gifty Akita

For what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind that is free, lofty, fearless and steadfast - a mind that is placed beyond the reach of fear, beyond the reach of desire, that counts virtue the only good, baseness the only evil, and all else but a worthless mass of things, which come and go without increasing or diminishing the highest good, and neither subtract any part from the happy life nor add any part to it?
A man thus grounded must, whether he wills or not, necessarily be attended by constant cheerfulness and a joy that is deep and issues from deep within, since he finds delight in his own resources, and desires no joys greater than his inner joys. — Seneca.

Motivation is like fire - unless you keep adding fuel to it, it dies. Your fuel is your belief in your inner values. — Shiv Khera

Whatever phase of life you are in, make time to pause and reflect where you are heading to. It is a good time to insert a comma now and realign yourself to your inner self before your life ends in a full stop. — Roopleen

No outside events can disturb your inner peace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

May you have strength to complete studies. — Lailah Gifty Akita

When people say they try to find themselves, their inner self, to understand the meaning of life I smile and I say, instead why don't you create yourself and give a new meaning to your life — Anubhav Mishra

You are your master. Only you have the master keys to open the inner locks. — Amit Ray

The divinity of thy soul is a spark of divine-self. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The Creator seeks to save the lost souls. — Lailah Gifty Akita

May you find the strength of your sacred-self. — Lailah Gifty Akita

He has discovered the truths that keep writers chained to their desks: the primacy of the inner life and the sheer exhilaration of creating a world from scratch. — Barbara Klein Moss

When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first. — Kelly Cutrone

The strength of spirit is measured by sufferings. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Self determination is greatest will power. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Waiting for a sign? What sign do you await, besides your own misery? What sign, besides the calendar that reminds you how many days and years you've thrown away? What other sign do you need besides the burning inner fire that demands you're better than what you've settled for? Stop lying to yourself! You have seen so many signs ... you know what you want ... no more delays ... no more excuses! Our days are too limited to wait for signs ... Life IS a sign! Go live it! — Steve Maraboli

Seek to hear thy inner voice. — Lailah Gifty Akita

My inner motivation is to make the world a better place; the bad guy and the good guy think the same thing. — Mandy Patinkin

At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you'll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own. — Bill Watterson

Giving means extending one's love with no conditions, no expectations and no boundaries ... Peace of minds occurs, therefore, when we put all our attention into giving and have no desire to get anything from, or to change, another person ... The giving motivation leads to a sense of inner peace and joy that is unrelated to time. — Gerald Jampolsky

Seek spirituality of thy soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Self-courage, Self-confidence, Self-will! — Lailah Gifty Akita

We can see the beauty of life, with positive focus. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Love is a divine energy. — Lailah Gifty Akita

God gives life, strength and wisdom for every accomplishment. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It is only God who can fill our void. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Vaillant's study and numerous others on happiness, success, failure, and motivation all confirm the same thing: health comes first, happiness is love and connection, and success requires adaptability. To be "happy-well," we must tame the imbalanced tiger in us and instead embrace our inner, balanced dolphin. — Shimi Kang

Don't be afraid to stand tall in YOUR truth! Boldly and confidently face everything that has, and is, keeping you bound. Fight for your inner peace! Fight for your happiness! Fight for everything and everybody that's important to you! You are NOT a victim! Don't even play into that. You owe it to yourself to LIVE! Live your life without the regrets, without the resentments, without the unforgiveness, without the blame game, without the self-pity, without any and everything that keeps you from experiencing true joy within! You are too important to waste your life away! Learn to appreciate and value your life, but most importantly, learn to appreciate and value yourself! You count too, no matter what you've done! — Stephanie Lahart