I heard it quite awhile ago and even though it doesn't seem like much, I like reminding myself of it at least once a day.

"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."

Be proud of yourself for how hard you're trying.

Do not let the ghosts of your pasts haunt your future. 

Basically don't let the the past affect what you can achieve in the future. Tomorrow is always a new day. 

Oh thats a good one, Knox. I like it.

And its a good way to live life really.

"Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you've done before."

As someone who's an overachiever and perfectionist, this quote keeps me sane.

"The harder you work for something, the greater you will feel when you achieve it."

That's something that resonates with me. Putting in all the hardwork and when it finally pays off, it feels amazing. 

I try an do a daily motivator every day for my students. I always start with two of them, though more of a directive than true motivation.

"Non nobis solum sed toto mundo nati sumus"- "Not for ourselves, but for the world we are born." 

"Calvo turpius est nihil comato"- "There is nothing so contemptable as a bald man with hair." (My favorite way of saying don't be something you're not.) 

And, for mia famiglia that are on the east side the pond: "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing-after they've tried everything else." -Sir Winston Churchill

Give a Man a Fish, and You Feed Him for a Day. Teach a Man To Fish, and You Feed Him for a Lifetime

Attributed to Maimonides, Lao-Tzu, Anna Isabella Thackeray Ritchie, Native American and Italian Adage

For me, I like it as it resonates, you can approach a problem two ways -- short term and long term, and being patient and big picture will pay bigger dividends. Trust in the system. And wear a mask during Covid. Oh, I added the last part.

In these difficult days when news are all filled with negativities it is important to have some thing motivating your every time for you to move forward in your life, it can be your family, or setting tiny life goals or longetrm as well. 

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes.                                                                                                          Including You!

~Anne Lamott~

Never give up. Just log in.

"He does only what is his to do, and considers constantly what the world has in store for him—doing his best, and trusting that all is for the best. For we carry our fate with us —and it carries us." - Marcus Aurelius

I like this, it reminds me that we are the one who controls our thoughts, we control our thoughts and we can control what we can do. 

My favorite quote is "Surround Yourself With Motivated People" because is terrible when you want to start anything and have someone already saying "this will not to work" "you never will get that done" etc. I really don't like to be around of negative people and it's rare when you find a place without one of thoses around.

watch david goggins on youtube.  he is some ex navy seal bad ass.  he does crazy ass shit everyday that will make you feel lazy.  anytime i need motivated i listen to him.  he basically tells you to stop being such a bitch lol.  his moto is basically "everyday do something in your like that really fucking sucks".  that way when something in life happens thats hard, or hurts your mind will be ready for it.  

The only way I can motivate myself at the moment is to get out and go for a walk or run, plan my day while doing that and get it done.