Quotes about motivation and goals
230 quotes from 178 people
- LLaozi580–501 BCOften credited to Confucius
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech given at Harrow School, Harrow, England, October 29, 1941. Quoted in Churchill by Himself (2008), ed. Langworth, PublicAffairs, 2008, p. 23
L. P. Jacks1860–1955Often credited to Winston Churchill- ?UnattributedOften credited to Winston Churchill
It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
?UnattributedOften credited to Mark TwainIf everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933Quote from a program at a Coolidge memorial service (1933); cited in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1999). The passage did not originate with Coolidge, but evolved over several decades, appearing as early as 1881 in a youth guidance bookObstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
William Jennings Bryan1860–1925“America’s Mission”, speech delivered by the leader of the Democratic Party at the Washington Day banquet given by the Virginia Democratic Association at Washington, D.C., (22 February 1899), as published in The Book of Public Speaking (Vol. 2)Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
