Socrates on motivation and goals

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers.

My advice to you is to get married. If you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not you’ll become a philosopher.

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