André Gide on motivation and goals

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

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