Quotes about motivation and goals
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There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.
Who seeks shall find;
Who sits with folded hands or sleeps is blind.While Man’s desires and aspirations stir,
He cannot choose but err.In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.
So boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t you set down on the steps
’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.To business that we love we rise betime
And go to’t with delight.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Antony and Cleopatra (c. 1606), Act IV, Scene IV, spoken by AntonyIn contextOur doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win
By fearing to attempt.William Shakespeare1564–1616Measure for Measure (c. 1604), Act I, Scene IV, spoken by LucioIn context
