The best motivation is self-motivation.
The two great words of antiquity are behold and beware. Behold the possibilities and beware the temptations.
Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. Abraham Lincoln once said, 'Since I will be no one's slave, I will be no one's master.'
You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life.
Make sure what you do is a product of your own conclusion.
Pity the man who inherits a million and isn't a millionaire. Here's what would be pitiful, if your income grew and you didn't.