Madonna on motivation and goals

Children always understand. They have open minds. They have built-in shit detectors.

When I’m hungry, I eat. When I’m thirsty, I drink. And when I feel like saying something, I just say it.

I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.

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