Isaac D'Israeli on motivation and goals

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotations.

After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style.

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