Lily Tomlin on motivation and goals

We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.

Why is it when we talk to God we’re said to be praying — but when God talks to us, we’re said to be schizophrenic?

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