Henry Miller on motivation and goals

Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. … The other eight are unimportant.

Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.

The real leader has no need to lead⁠—he is content to point the 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