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Motivated Magazine THE MAGAZINE THAT MOVES YOU! MOTIVATED MAGAZINE is designed with your interests at heart!

It is full of new as well as time-tested ideas, quotations from distinguished and successful people, true and true-to-life energizing short stories, and answers to frequently asked questions.

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. — Anthony J. D’Angelo
11/04/2025

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.
— Anthony J. D’Angelo

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. — Dr. Seuss
10/04/2025

The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.
— Dr. Seuss

You cannot open a book without learning something. — Confucius
09/04/2025

You cannot open a book without learning something.
— Confucius

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life. — Plato
08/04/2025

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.
— Plato

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. — John Locke
07/04/2025

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
— John Locke

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.— Herbert Spencer
06/04/2025

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
— Herbert Spencer

Weekly StoryWhat We Can Learn from Walt Disney Adapted Web ReprintWalt Disney’s life and work show the value of imaginat...
06/04/2025

Weekly Story
What We Can Learn from Walt Disney
Adapted Web Reprint

Walt Disney’s life and work show the value of imagination and dreaming big. But he also showed us that it’s not enough to have big dreams. Hard work and persistence were the keys to overcoming the obstacles in his path, as they are for so many others who have overcome even the most seemingly insurmountable odds.

Disney’s formal education ended in the eighth grade, and his education up to that point was often interrupted. Some have suggested that the many jobs Disney held, and his struggle in school, were due to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and he is often included on lists of famous people with ADHD. However, there’s little credible evidence to suggest that this is true.
It’s more likely that his poor performance in school was due to being forced to needlessly repeat a grade, being pulled out to work, and being so tired from working for his father that he often fell asleep in class.

Despite his lack of formal education, Disney never stopped learning: reading, teaching himself animation, tirelessly experimenting, and working to improve his craft. He showed that it’s possible to be successful despite following a different path from the expected one, or through alternatives to college, like the apprenticeship he took.

But he knew, too, the value of learning from others’ expertise, saying: “All you’ve got to do is own up to your ignorance honestly, and you’ll find people who are eager to fill your head with information.”

Of his time as a young boy working the paper route, he said: “I don’t regret having worked like I’ve worked… I can’t even remember that it ever bothered me. I mean, I have no recollection of ever being unhappy in my life. I look back and I worked from way back there and I was happy all the time. I was excited. I was doing things.”

Of the failure of Laugh-O-Grams he said, “I failed… I think it’s important to have a good hard failure when you’re young… I learned a lot out of that.”

All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me. …You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”

“To the youngsters of today, I say, believe in the future, the world is getting better; there still is plenty of opportunity. It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.”

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. — Malcolm Forbes
05/04/2025

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
— Malcolm Forbes

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. — Albert Einstein
04/04/2025

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
— Albert Einstein

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. — Carl Rogers
03/04/2025

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.
— Carl Rogers

For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffe...
02/04/2025

For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. — Nelson Mandela
01/04/2025

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
— Nelson Mandela

As a mother of six and a grandmother of sixteen with a background in teaching, and currently a certified autism resource...
01/04/2025

As a mother of six and a grandmother of sixteen with a background in teaching, and currently a certified autism resource specialist supporting parents and educators of autistic children, education has always been a topic close to my heart. I love to find new and innovative ways to teach children and to keep learning to update my skills.

When researching the topic of education, I came across numerous articles on ways to educate or receive an education, and stories of people who, despite personal, financial, or circumstantial obstacles, found ways to get the education they needed and wanted to realize their dreams.

Walt Disney was one of those people, and Nola Ochs was another. Their stories inspire me that regardless of our circumstances, ability, age, or how we choose to educate ourselves – formally or informally – the most important thing is to keep learning.

I hope the stories and articles this month on www.facebook.come/MotivatedMagazine will help to rekindle your love of learning and encourage you that where there is a will to learn, there is always a way.

Read More: https://en.motivatedmagazine.com/the-motivated-magazine/volume-07/issue-03/

Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now. —Jackie Speier
31/03/2025

Every day is Earth Day, and I vote we start investing in a secure climate future right now.
—Jackie Speier

Even if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean, the ocean touches you with every breath you take, every dro...
30/03/2025

Even if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean, the ocean touches you with every breath you take, every drop of water you drink, and every bite you consume. Everyone, everywhere is inextricably connected to and utterly dependent upon the existence of the sea.
—Dr. Sylvia Earle

Weekly StoryTaking a Moment to Pause and Appreciate Natural BeautyBy Chelsea Lee Smith, adaptedWe all have those days wh...
30/03/2025

Weekly Story
Taking a Moment to Pause and Appreciate Natural Beauty
By Chelsea Lee Smith, adapted

We all have those days when our nerves seem on edge, and we feel overwhelmed by what is happening around us. We know we need to take a moment to re-center, but there are so
many things to do that we have trouble making time. At least I do.

Over the past weekend, I was busy preparing for a fundraiser at our home. When Monday rolled around, I was exhausted, plus anxious about several other projects. To add to the stress level, I had pulled a back muscle and still had to clean up after the event… you get the idea.

I wanted to spend a few moments with my boys working on a character trait like we do every day, but I was not feeling very creative or active. Then an idea arose: go outside and talk about the natural beauty around us. It seemed easy enough, so we headed outdoors. It turned out the boys were more interested in playing, but this activity widened my perspective, something I will use again when I need to click out of a low mood.

This activity was super simple.

We just went outside, and I asked the kids to find something they thought was beautiful. My oldest immediately said, “The trees.” When I asked why, he said they had pretty colors. Then my youngest (he turned two a couple of months ago) pointed to a blue bucket and said, “Blue.” “You like blue?” “Yeah.” He heard “colors” from his brother and probably thought that colors were what I was asking about.

I told them that I thought the sky was beautiful, pointed out some clouds, and explained how looking at it reminded me to appreciate everything in our natural world (by this point, it was). The boys were beyond listening by this point, but I continued to look around, taking a few moments to soak in the details, take some deep breaths, and be amazed at the intricacies and perfection of creation.

I thought about talking to the boys about how blessed we are to see and learn from all these lovely things around us, but I chose to be with my thoughts this day, and let them play. We both appreciated the moment.

I realized that if I can learn to be present and content, whatever my current reality is, and snap myself out of a bad mood by appreciating the wonderful world around me, my boys will most
likely imitate me. If I want my children to be present and appreciative, I have to model these qualities first.

Do you have any tricks for practicing presence and appreciation with young children?

You don’t have to sit outside in the dark. If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is ne...
29/03/2025

You don’t have to sit outside in the dark. If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is necessary. But the stars neither require nor demand it.
— Annie Dillard

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.— Mahatma Gandhi
28/03/2025

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
— Mahatma Gandhi

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