Maya Angelou on motivation and goals

If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.

I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.

Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.

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