{"id":171,"date":"2015-03-08T17:13:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T21:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=171"},"modified":"2015-03-08T17:20:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-08T21:20:32","slug":"musings-on-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"Musings on motivation"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bg115-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"bg115\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bg115-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bg115-450x360.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bg115.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>People often say that motivation doesn&#8217;t last. Well, neither does bathing &#8211; that&#8217;s why we recommend it daily. &#8212; Zig Ziglar<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears. &#8212; Francois De La Rochefoucauld<br \/>\nWhat we see depends mainly on what we look for. &#8212; Sir John Lubbock<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. &#8212; Finley Peter Dunne<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else. &#8212; Thomas Carlyle<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">The ultimate inspiration is the deadline. &#8212; Nolan Bushnell<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">There are two levers for moving men &#8212; interest and fear. &#8212; Napoleon Bonaparte<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. &#8212; Mahatma Ghandhi<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">A message prepared in the mind reaches a mind; a message prepared in a life reaches a life. &#8212; Bill Gothard<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. &#8212; Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it&#8217;s usually lousy. &#8212; Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">Instruction does much, but encouragement does everything. &#8212; Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner. &#8212; Les Brown<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. &#8212; Leo Buscaglia<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves. &#8212; Mike Ditka<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\">Some of us are like wheelbarrows, only useful when pushed and easily upset. &#8212; Jack Herbert<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>(ed. &#8211; Again, these quotes were first compiled and posted in By George Journal in Fall 2009.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People often say that motivation doesn&#8217;t last. 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