Getting beyond apathy and motivated through finding your purpose and passion in challenging times.

1. Created by VaNessa Vollmer, Psy.D.
Success Realized

2. It is common sense
to take a method &
try it.
If it fails, admit it
frankly & try
another.
But above all, try
something.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

3. Science may have
found a cure for
most evils; but it
has found no
remedy for the
worst of them all
-- the apathy of
human beings.

4. Truth is not only
violated by
falsehood; it may
be equally
outraged by
silence.
-Henri Frederic Amiel

5. All men have a
sweetness in their
life. That is what
helps them go on.
It is towards that
they turn when
they feel too
worn out.
- Albert Camus

6. The difference
between what we
do and what we
are capable of
doing would
suffice to solve
most of the
world's problems.
- Mohandus K. Gandhi

7. The apathy of the
people is enough to
make every statue
leap from its
pedestal and hasten
the resurrection of
the dead.
– William Lloyd Garrison

8. First say to
yourself what you
would be; and
then do what you
have to do.
-Epictetus

9. A useless life
is an early
death.
-Goethe

10. The mere possession of a vision is not the
same as living it, nor can we encourage
others with it if we do not, ourselves,
understand and follow its truths. The
pattern of the Great Spirit is over us all, but
if we follow our own spirits from within, our
pattern becomes clearer.
For centuries, others have sought their
visions. They prepare themselves, so that if
the Creator desires them to know their life's
purpose, then a vision would be revealed.
To be blessed with visions is not enough...
we must live them! - High Eagle

11. I have learned, that if
one advances
confidently in the
direction of his dreams,
and endeavors to live
the life he has imagined,
he will meet with a
success unexpected in
common hours.
-Henry David Thoreau

12. All men should
strive to learn
before they die,
what they are
running from,
and to, and why.
-James Thurber

13. There is suffering
in life, and there
are defeats.
No one can avoid
them. But it's
better to lose some
of the battles in the
struggles for your
dreams than to be
defeated without
ever knowing what
you're fighting for.

14. My mother said to me,
"If you become a soldier,
you'll be a General; if you
become a monk, you'll
end up as the Pope."
Instead, I became a
painter and wound up as
Picasso.
-Pablo Picasso
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15. Don't waste life in doubts
and fears; spend yourself on
the work before you, well
assured that the right
performance of this hour's
duties will be the best
preparation for the hours
and ages that will follow it.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

16. A man who becomes
conscious of the
responsibility he bears
toward a human being who
affectionately waits for him,
or to an unfinished work,
will never be able to throw
away his life. He knows the
"why" for his existence, and
will be able to bear almost
any "how."
-Victor Frankl

17. What man actually needs
is not a tensionless state
but rather the striving and
struggling for some goal
worthy of him.
What he needs is not the
discharge of tension at
any cost, but the call of a
potential meaning waiting
to be fulfilled by him.
-Victor Frankl

18. The harder the conflict, the more glorious the
triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem
too lightly; it is “dearness” only that gives
everything its value.
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can
gather strength from distress and grow brave by
reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to
shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose
conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his
principles unto death.
– Thomas Paine

19. Passion requires focused direction, and that
direction must come from three other areas:
your purpose, your talents, and your needs.
–Steve Pavlina

20. Work for
something
because it is
good, not just
because it
stands a chance
to succeed.
– Vaclav Havel

21. A great leader’s
courage to fulfill his
vision comes from
passion, not position.
– John Maxwell

22. Passion and purpose go hand in hand. When you
discover your purpose, you will normally find it’s
something you’re tremendously passionate about.
– Steve Pavlina

23. If passion drives
you, let reason
hold the reins.
~ Ben Franklin

24. Clarity of mind
means clarity of
passion, too;
this is why a
great and clear
mind loves
ardently and
sees distinctly
what he loves.
- Blaise Pascal

25. Passion can never
purchase what
true love desires:
true intimacy, self-
giving, and
commitment.

26. Our passions are the
winds that propel
our vessel. Our
reason is the pilot
that steers her.
Without winds the
vessel would not
move and without a
pilot she would be
lost. ~Proverb

27. If you don’t stand for something,
you’ll fall for anything.
-Mark Twain

28. Nothing great in
the world has
ever been
accomplished
without passion.
- Hebbel