Inspirational and motivational quotes with commentary by Garland McWatters, author and storyteller—your INPowerment Guide and Change Mentor.
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We all know we have an internal voice either encouraging us or tormenting us as it informs us regarding our decisions and actions.By Garland McWatters
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The INPowered athlete’s heart welcomes the competitor who tests them, the critic who objectively judges them, and the coach who molds them.By Garland McWatters
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The scoffer ridicules, belittles, and bullies his adversaries, trash-talking their ideals and values out of his own arrogance and pride.By Garland McWatters
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Continual practice results in habitual behavior. Behavior that becomes so second nature to us that we might not be self-aware of who we have become, or when.By Garland McWatters
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When we are interested in others, we want to know how anyone different from us is perceiving their world according to their life experiences.By Garland McWatters
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When I thought I was treated unfairly, I simply did not think I deserved it, and the consequences could never be adequately remedied.By Garland McWatters
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Confirming our faithfulness to our values, relationships, and causes asks us to pause, reflect, and re-affirm that we are still on the course we initially chose for the reasons we originally believed.By Garland McWatters
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The concept of out of many, one is universal and timeless and enthusiastically adopted, except where disunity and disharmony is used to weaponize bigotry and hatred in the service of greed and power.By Garland McWatters
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If something or someone makes a claim about itself, we must believe it to be as it claims so we can act with confidence regarding it.By Garland McWatters
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Life is learning to thrive in a world of differences
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When we get past skin-deep cosmetics, all people are the same specie expressing minor genetic variations. We are the same race in body, mind, and spirit.By Garland McWatters
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There is immediate reward when you develop your talents for the future. Discipline make an incremental and noticeable difference.By Garland McWatters
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Toxic influences and personalities will damage us. If we cannot avoid them, we should keep our guard up.By Garland McWatters
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Each of us has a personal boundary of faith where we stand on a frontier of daring and ponder whether to take the next step into the unknown.By Garland McWatters
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The motivational speakers first have lived through their story and learned something about it, and then,their walk can inform ours. They walk, then they talk.By Garland McWatters
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We need people who look into all the places most of us overlook to tease out their secrets and to give us mysteries to ponder and solve.By Garland McWatters
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As we live our life, we are in a continuous iteration process. Begin and end each day with the attitude of, "new and improved."By Garland McWatters
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Conflict often grows from a faint ripple—that something is different from what is expected, or usual. The perceived ripple can be either conscious or intuitive, or both.By Garland McWatters
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Earth is my home and all creatures my family
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I gazed into the starry night skies of both mountains and plains unpolluted by urban lights and mouthed the words to \my favorite hymn, I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, thy power throughout the universe displayed.By Garland McWatters
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The best any of us can do is to own our past life and engage our present life so we can influence our future toward the quality of life we desire.By Garland McWatters
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If love is the most pure power in the universe, then, leading with love is the most INPowering form of leading.By Garland McWatters
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With reliable information it’s easy to tell whether the truth is being accurately presented. Those not aligned with the truth are off course.By Garland McWatters
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Many successful people decided for themselves what the standards of success would be for them and set out to achieve them.By Garland McWatters
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Give yourself a break. Practice self-compassion
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We rationalize our reaction, and that causes us to either cower and slink away or to over-compensate by exaggerating or over-reaching.By Garland McWatters
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INPowered change is people-oriented, clear-minded, and performance-driven
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People mostly want to feel comfortable, successful, happy, and proud. Everyone hopes to flourish in a sense of well=being.By Garland McWatters
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Good character is your best public relation strategy
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I know I cannot demand either respect or a good reputation. Both are granted by others over whom I have absolutely no control.By Garland McWatters
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Relax, because being frantic is a lack of focus that panics us to fly off in all directions without any thought for which way we need to go.By Garland McWatters
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I’m not sure I can always be courageous or compassionate. But I’m certain that I can aspire to these noble qualities of excellence in mind and heart.By Garland McWatters
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As a human being we deserve to be love and to love our humanity. We also deserve the right to earn our way and create value for ourselves and others.By Garland McWatters
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Gratitude is INPowering simply because it reminds us of how connected we all are in ways we scarcely give a second thought.By Garland McWatters
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There are situations when thinking out loud is exactly what needs to happen, such as in idea generating discussions, and conversations about the what if possibilities.By Garland McWatters
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We humans decide what motives we will ascribe toward others without knowing for sure what they are thinking.By Garland McWatters
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The INPowered learn to focus on their central calling and shut out the other distractions so they can devote their creative energy to their calling.By Garland McWatters
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The rank and file follow the lead set by the leaders to whom they are either loyal or afraid of, or both.By Garland McWatters
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It takes many small contributions of effort to make large successes possible. Everyone who contributes get to say they helped.By Garland McWatters
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Even though the seeds of goodwill might fall on seemingly impenetrable ground, I am optimistic that in time goodwill will take root. We reap what we sew.By Garland McWatters
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Promise only what you can and are willing to deliver, then do it. That makes you trust-worthy.By Garland McWatters
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Life unfolds, evolves. Every moment is shaped by what came before and will affect what comes next.By Garland McWatters
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What is it that you cannot NOT DO? Whatever it is, that is the core value of your life purpose—the guiding centerline of your INPowered Way.By Garland McWatters
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A benevolent heart is generous with money, talent, time, and encouragement. The generous chip in whenever they see the need.By Garland McWatters
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We owe it to ourselves to find two or three minutes of stillness several times a day. Even in crowed, noisy places, you can calm yourself with measured deep breaths.By Garland McWatters
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Watching out in all directions and being realistic about risk is not being paranoid. Being watchful is being mindfully present.By Garland McWatters
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The mind and body are not two separate selves; they are two aspects of the same self. They are inseparable and partner in decision-making.By Garland McWatters
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The selfish stir things up to create an advantage for themselves in their manufactured urgency. The selfish want you to give them what they want now,By Garland McWatters
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An adventure is a trip outside the comfort zone where there are wonders to behold that will add depth and breadth to your life.By Garland McWatters
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I find it more INLightening when I take the time to listen to ideas in as much detail as possible from the original source of those ideas rather than listening to others’ interpretation or spin on those ideas.By Garland McWatters
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Morality matters. The INPowered wake up to its power and speak up for its value, and show up when it is under attack from the vile self-interest of the disconnected.By Garland McWatters
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Self-provocation is putting the pressure on yourself to spring into action—to lead with your heart when you head just can’t come up with the reasons.By Garland McWatters
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Collaboration is the willingness to see the value in others
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When you lead the collaborative effort you show that you are willing to see the value in others, their ideas and their beliefs.By Garland McWatters
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An oasis draws attention just by being present. It need not boast or proclaim its value. The value is implicit in its welcoming existence.By Garland McWatters
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It’s when you commit to doing something for someone else when you have nothing to gain directly, that you are on the verge of finding your life purpose.By Garland McWatters
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