Will Rogers on motivation and goals

I’m not a member of any organized political party, I’m a Democrat!

If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?

Live so that you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

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