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“The past is your LESSON. The present is your GIFT. The future is your MOTIVATION.”

Past Motivation Lessons

Author:Zig Ziglar

“A powerful motivation for believing God in our present is intentionally remembering how He's worked in our past.”

Believe Past Remember Motivation Powerful Our Past

Book:Believing God

Source: Believing God

“I surround myself with inspirational quotations. This easy-to-follow piece of advice has played a huge role in my being able to get past my own fears and insecurities throughout my entrepreneurial career.”

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Book:Start Something That Matters

Source: Start Something That Matters

“It used to hurt me in the past years to hear people say they want to leave India. But with the experience of past few months, I can say that we have removed that gloom from the minds of the people.”

People Want Years Mind I Can Past Used Motivation Hurt Months India Gloom Hurt Me

Author:Narendra Modi

“Asceticism, it is evident, has a double motivation. If men and women torment their bodies, it is not only because they hope in this way to atone for past sins and avoid future punishments; it is also because they long to visit the mind's antipodes and do some visionary sightseeing.”

Ifs Men Way Mind Long Body Past Motivation Sin Men And Women Punishment Evident Torment Visionaries Asceticism Sightseeing Antipodes

Book:Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948

Source: Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948

“One faces the future with one's past.”

Past Faces Motivation Time Memories Future Past Future

Author:Pearl S. Buck

“It is good to LOOK to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the FUTURE. It is good to look upon the VIRTUES of those who have gone before; to gain STRENGTH for whatever lies ahead. It is good to REFLECT upon the work of those who labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose DREAMS and early pains, so well nurtured, has come a great gravest of which we are the beneficiaries. Their tremendous EXAMPLE can become a compelling MOTIVATION for all of us. ~Gordon B. Hinckley”

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Author:Gordon B. Hinckley

“Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.”

Motivational Past Spiritual Motivation Energy Work Ambition Each Day Live In The Moment

Book:Aequanimitas

Source: Aequanimitas

“Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.”

Inspirational Reason Use Action Past Motivation Loss Acting Self Improvement Inaction Past Failures

Author:Charles J. Givens

“I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up.”

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Author:Beverly Sills

“Those who live in the past are cowards and losers.”

Past Motivation Coward Loser Best Football

Author:Mike Ditka

“Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That's the challenge: To be afraid and know people are staring at you and know you might not do all that well, but you do it anyway. What singles out the successful athlete from the ones who never make it past a plateau, it that successful athletes risk failure, even though they are terrified.”

People Knows Wells Might Past Motivation Sports Challenges Successful Risk Athlete Be Good Staring Terrified Softball Singles Staring At You

Author:Aimee Mullins

“I am not interested in the past. I am interested in the future, for that is where I expect to spend the rest of my life.”

Inspiration Past Motivation Goal Preparation Not Interested Life Goal

Author:Charles Kettering