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I came, I saw, I conquered.
Julius Caesar100–44 BCInscription on the triumphal wagon reported in The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius, as translated by Robert Graves (1957).
For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail.
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Poor Richard’s Almanack
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
LLaozi580–501 BCOften credited to Confucius
- Motivation & Goals
He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children.
BSBessie Anderson Stanley1879–1952Often credited to Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do, or do not. There is no ‘try.’
YYoda
- Motivation & Goals
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead1901–1978
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; you put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; you put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
Bruce Lee1940–1973Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey (2000), reciting lines he wrote for his role in the TV series Longstreet (1971)
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919The Strenuous Life (1899)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.
Will Durant1885–1981Often credited to Aristotle
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
- Motivation & Goals
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
L. P. Jacks1860–1955Often credited to Winston Churchill
- Motivation & Goals
If you are going through hell, keep going.
?UnattributedOften credited to Winston Churchill
- Motivation & Goals
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 Twain
- Motivation & Goals
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.
W. C. Fields1880–1946
If A is a success in life, than A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
Albert Einstein1879–1955
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