Elbert Hubbard on motivation and goals

Don’t take life too seriously; you’ll never get out of it alive.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes a day. Wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

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