Virgil on motivation and goals

Love is lord of all, and is in all the same.

Do not trust the horse, Trojans.
Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.

Love conquers all; let us, too, yield to Love!

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Do, or do not. There is no ‘try.’

Never give in⁠—never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech given at Harrow School, Harrow, England, October 29, 1941. Quoted in Churchill by Himself (2008), ed. Langworth, PublicAffairs, 2008, p. 23