Quotes about motivation and goals
230 quotes from 178 people
Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
Abigail Adams1744–1818Letter to John Adams (27 November 1775)
Aesop620–564 BCAesop’s Fables (6th century BC), The Lion and the Mouse – The Fawn and His MotherIn context- Aesop620–564 BCAesop’s Fables (6th century BC), The Lion and the Mouse – The Fawn and His MotherIn context
Talent isn’t genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.
Gillian Andersonborn 1968Excerpt from the foreword in Girl Boss: Running the Show Like the Big Chicks, by Stacy Kravetz (1999)If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
Maya Angelou1928–2014Letter to My Daughter (2008)
Sri Aurobindo1872–1950India’s Rebirth, 22 February 1908- Sri Aurobindo1872–1950Savitri, Book Two: The Book of the Traveller of the Worlds
The great rule of life is to have no schemes but one unalterable purpose.
Sri Aurobindo1872–1950India’s Rebirth, 22 February 1908
Richard Bachborn 1936Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you’re alive, it isn’t.
Richard Bachborn 1936Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)- Richard Bachborn 1936Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970)
Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.
