Carl Sandburg on motivation and goals

A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on.

Slang is the language which takes off its coat, spits on its hands⁠—and goes to work.

I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.

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