Need a Little Monday Motivation?

Some Mondays it’s hard to find the motivation to get moving.

Perhaps we know the week holds challenges we’re not ready to face. Perhaps we’re still weary from what has come before. Perhaps we’ve just had too much weekend. Whatever the case, if you’re struggling to find the motivation to keep going, here are a few motivation quotes to inspire you and help you on your way.

Finding the right attitude

1. “Promise me you’ll always remember: you’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ~ (Christopher Robin to Pooh)  A. Milne
2. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~ Vidal Sassoon
3. “The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don’t just put off our lives today: we put them off till our deathbed.” ~ Steven Pressfield
4. “How we spend our days is how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and with that one, is what we are doing.” ~ Annie Dillard
5. “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in – forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
6. “I cannot do all the good that the world needs, but the world needs all the good that I can do.” ~ Jana Standfield

Taking the next small step.

1. “The scariest moment is always just before you start.” ~ Stephen King
2. “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” ~Vincent Van Gogh
3. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.” ~ Robert Collier
4. “If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.”~ Charles R. Swindoll
5. “Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. ~ Christopher Morley
6. “The majority of us lead quiet, unheralded lives as we pass through this world. There will most likely be no ticker-tape parades for us, no monuments created in our honor. But that does not lessen our possible impact, for there are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give.” ~ Leo Buscaglia

Facing challenges

1. “To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like.” ~ Mike Gafka
2. “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” ~ Margaret Thatcher
3. “Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn’t think we needed to know.” ~ Amy Poehler
   “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” ~ Helen Keller
4. “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.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
5. “If you are hurt, whether in mind or body, don’t nurse your bruises. Get up and light-heartedly, courageously, good temperedly get ready for the next encounter. This is the only way to take life – this is also ‘playing’ the game!” ~ Emily Post
6. “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger

And one more for good measure…

People are often unreasonable and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you.
Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough.
Give your best anyway.
~Mother Teresa