Quotes about motivation and goals
230 quotes from 178 people
Søren Kierkegaard1813–1855The Journals of Søren Kierkegaard, 1840s, 1841- MKMichael Kordaborn 1933Success! (1977), p. 121
Jack LaLanne1914–2011Jack LaLanne: Live young forever, Robert Kennedy Publishing, Mississauga 2009, P. 15
Walter Savage Landor1775–1864Imaginary Conversations (1824-1829), “Lord Brooke and Sir Philip Sidney”- LLaozi580–501 BCOften credited to Confucius
- LLaozi580–501 BCTao Te Ching, Ch. 64
T. E. Lawrence1888–1935Seven Pillars of Wisdom, introductory chapter (1922 Oxford text)It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.
Ursula K. Le Guin1929–2018The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), Chapter 15 “To the Ice” (p. 220)Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Abraham Lincoln1809–1865Speech in the House of Representatives (20 June 1848)
Jack London1876–1916The Bulletin, San Francisco (2 December 1916), part 2, p. 1, ten days after his deathOften credited to Ian FlemingYou can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Ah, nothing is too late
Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882Morituri Salutamus (1875), St. 24.
