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Daily Motivation – Thich Nhat Hanh

Thích Nhất Hạnh born as Nguyen Xuan Bao on October 11, 1926 is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet and peace activist. He lives in Plum Village in the Dordogne region in the south of France, travelling internationally to give retreats and talks. He coined the term “Engaged Buddhism” in his book Vietnam: Lotus in a [Read more...]

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Daily Motivation – Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama is a monk of the Gelug or “Yellow Hat” school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism founded by Je Tsongkhapa. The 14th and current Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyatso. The Dalai Lama is considered to be the successor in a line of tulkus who are believed to be incarnations of Avalokiteśvara, the [Read more...]

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Daily Motivation – Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and an event often considered its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he [Read more...]

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Daily Motivation – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

Mini Wikipedia Biography Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American and Canadian actor, producer and semi-retired professional wrestler, signed with WWE. Johnson was a college football player for the University of Miami, winning a national championship on the 1991 Miami Hurricanes football team. [Read more...]

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Daily Motivation – Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called “The Great American Novel“. Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which [Read more...]

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Daily Motivation – You Must At Least Try!

Don Letts (born 10 January 1956) is a British film director, DJ and musician. Letts was born in London, and educated at Tenison’s School in Kennington. In 1975, he ran the London clothing store Acme Attractions, selling “electric-blue zoot suits and jukeboxes, and pumping dub reggae all day long.”[1] He was deeply inspired by the [Read more...]

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