We become what we think. This quote has been proven over and over again.
If we perceive something bad is going to happen to us, many times it does.
On the contrary, if we believe something good is going to happen, this often becomes true as well.
Science has affirmed the link between positive affect and its impact on an individual’s motivation and performance.
If we expect the best or we expect the worst, we’re usually not disappointed. Each time we perceive a positive thought, it increases our own perceptions of positive expectancy.
For motivation to last, it requires constant thinking with daily positive reinforcement.
Motivation Quotes and The Law of Attraction
In the book, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, is says great teachers have taught us that the law of attraction is the most powerful law in the universe.
Like attracts like and whatever you’re thinking, the law requires that like thoughts are attracted back to you. The law of attraction is rooted in the belief that you can create whatever you want through your thought processes.
Surround yourself with positive affirmations and you will initiate change in yourself, in your life, and in the lives of others. Positive thoughts enable you to achieve self-confidence and self-esteem.
With these qualities, you can motivate, inspire, and improve!
Most motivational quotes come from learned and successful people. They can be useful in the workplace and at home.
Just as happiness is contagious as you surround yourself with happy people, positive thinking can be derived from surrounding yourself with positive quotes.
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, whose distinguished 52-year career pasturing Marble Collegiate Church of Manhattan, was even better known as the author of The Power of Positive Thinking.
His positive thinking is very much in line with the law of attraction by applying the repetition of positive affirmations, eliminating negative thinking, and applying this to every aspect of life.
Keeping Motivational Quotes Visible
Many find it helpful to print up several of their favorite motivational sayings and place them where they’ll be seen frequently each day. Keeping them in places such as on your desk, your computer or on your mirror.
What you see each day contributes to what your mind thinks and if you’re thinking it, you’re consciously or subconsciously working toward that end.
Here are two examples of what I do. I keep a few inspirational affirmations by my bedroom door so that when I get up in the morning, I see them right away. I also keep a few items at my desk as reminders.
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Lucretius said, “Constant dripping hollows out a stone.” If we persist each day in some small way to achieve our goals, then some measure of success will be ours.
An old Chinese proverb cautions too, that, “Talk doesn’t cook rice.” Too many times we’re all talk and no action.
Adding gratitude statements to our daily lives helps reinforce those positive thoughts and feelings.
Even when things aren’t necessarily going the way we’d like, we can find something to be grateful for to encourage us.
St. Clement taught, “If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.” You must hope and dream but also work toward your goals.
Constant reminders such as these ever-visible quotes steer us on an unwavering path to completion.
Conclusion
Perhaps one of the strongest motivators and risk-takers ever was General George S. Patton who said, “Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.”
Quotes to motivate deliver mental fuel to improve your life’s implementation. Expose yourself to these thoughts daily. What touches you becomes a part of you.
One way to do all this is to create a vision board to help you keep your eyes and your mind on your hope and goals. My free vision board email challenge can help you creating meaningful goals and a vision board to support them!
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