Horace Mann on motivation and goals

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.

The object of punishment is, prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.

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