What do you need to start working? The answer to this question is the same as what you strive for; inspiration, strength, and success.
What keeps you away from work? The answer to this question is the same as the killers of motivation; fear of pain, inaction, and living in the past or future.
Inspirational quotes give you the right kind of push and address both of these questions beautifully.
Let’s look at 7 powerful quotes that will motivate you to work.
1) Inspiration – a quote by Pablo Picasso
“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.”
Isn’t it the perfect summary of your dilemma every day? You want to start working, but you don’t find an incentive. Picasso is right on the spot with his simple but mighty trick.
Get started to work. Get more disciplined, and stick to the habit of putting yourself up for work before you wait for some magic to move you around.
The more you dive into the world of creation, the more magic follows in the form of inspiration. It will guide you into places you’ve always dreamt of but have yet to go.
2) Strength – a quote by Martin Luther King, Jr
“If you can’t fly, then run; if you can’t run, then walk; if you can’t walk, then crawl; but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”
What a straightforward way of saying that strength does not come overnight. Power comes from perseverance and discipline. Not giving up is strength and applies to every task you aim to accomplish.
Determination can go a very long way. When you look back, you will see the miles you have covered and be proud of the strength you carry within yourself.
3) Success – a quote by Gabor Maté
“We may not be responsible for the world that created our minds, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.”
Does one day pass when you don’t encounter one of those success stories online? “A poor kid from the slums built a million-dollar company.” “An unemployed single mom wrote the most famous wizard story.”
You come upon these reports because they have news value and because those people write their success stories on blank pages. They do not hide behind excuses of what the world gave them but instead glorify what they can do out of their world, with the greatness of their minds and take control of what they create around them.
You are not what you cannot control but what you make of yourself.
4) Fear of Pain – a quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.”
This must be one of the most powerful quotes of all time. No outstanding achievement comes without distress. If you are ready to face the pain, you are prepared to experience giving birth to your miracles.
5) Inaction – a quote by Ayn Rand
“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”
[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― from Ayn Rand’s book The Fountainhead
What an inside-out and upside-down way of putting “your only burden is you”!
It is the perfect reminder of the question you need to ask yourself, and the question is whether someone will let you do it or not. The question is whether you will allow anyone to stop you because you are the only person who can stop you.
Once you decide to get up, stand up, take action, and kill your inaction, the road is as long as you want to walk it through.
As Ayn Rand’s character says, the point is, who will stop you?
6) Living in the Past or Future – a quote by Lao Tzu
“If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
There is nothing more powerful than now. Now is when you can start. Now is when you can feel what is. Now is what makes us realize we live. Now may give you a different sense than you are looking for, but it tells you the truth and allows you to take the direction you want.
There is no point in dwelling on past regrets, and there is no point in stressing about all the what-if questions about the future. The only opportunity to not repeat what you regretted before is now. The only possibility to shape all the whats and ifs of the future is now.
So the only way to find peace with living and to see the motivation to achieve your aim is to focus on the present moment – now.
7) The Bonus Quote by Nicolas Tesla
“We are all one. People are interconnected by invisible forces. Although we have the freedom to think and act, we stick together, like stars on the heavenly arc, with unbreakable connections. These connections cannot be seen, but we can feel them.”
You find inspiration by getting to work.
You find strength by not giving up and taking a step forward each time.
You become successful when you create the world you wish to see yourself in.
You accept pain because you are determined to give birth to a dancing star.
You realize the only person who can stop you is you.
You live in the moment and don’t fear the future.
You do it all alone and with inner capabilities and belief. But always remember Tesla’s genius words when he says, “We are all one.”
The life we create altogether will bring the most prominent motivation! Stay strongly connected with the ones around you and feel life as one with all.
