Helen Keller on motivation and goals

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

The world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming it.

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