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The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but so long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.
Jawaharlal Nehru1889–1964A Tryst With Destiny (14 August 1947)
- Motivation & Goals
If we have our own why in life, we shall get along with almost any how.
Friedrich Nietzsche1844–1900Twilight of the Idols (1889), “Maxims and Arrows,” § 1.12
- Life & Death
- Motivation & Goals
I teach you the Superman. Man is something that is to be surpassed. What have ye done to surpass man?
Friedrich Nietzsche1844–1900Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), Prologue, § 3, tr. Thomas CommonIn context
- Motivation & Goals
- Philosophy
I never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.
Florence Nightingale1820–1910Letter to a friend, quoted in The Life of Florence Nightingale Vol. II (1914) by Edward Tyas Cook, p. 406
- Motivation & Goals
The progressive world is necessarily divided into two classes — those who take the best of what there is and enjoy it — those who wish for something better and try to create it.
Florence Nightingale1820–1910Cassandra (1860)
- Change
- Motivation & Goals
The greatness comes not when things always go good for you. But the greatness comes when you’re really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments when sadness comes. Because only if you’ve been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.
Richard Nixon1913–1994Speech to the assembled White House staff before his final departure (August 9, 1974)
- Failure
A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.
Richard Nixon1913–19941969 note to self, as quoted in Nixon (1987) by Stephen E. Ambrose, p. 284
- Failure
- Motivation & Goals
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
MOMary Oliver1935–2019New and Selected Poems (1992)
- Life & Death
- Motivation & Goals
One man can make a difference and every man should try.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis1929–1994Written on a card for an exhibit which travelled around the US when the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston was first opening (1979), quoted in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989) edited by Suzy Platt
- Inspiration
- Motivation & Goals
I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis1929–1994Response to Stephen Spender, on being asked what she considered her proudest accomplishment, as quoted in The Eloquent Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Portrait in Her Own Words (2004) by Bill Adler, p. 5, and p. 232
Either don’t try at all or make damned sure you succeed.
Ovid43 BC–AD 17Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love), Book I, line 389 (tr. James Michie)
- Motivation & Goals
Don’t look back; they may be gaining on you.
Satchel Paige1906–1982
- Motivation & Goals
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
Thomas Paine1737–1809“The Crisis” (written 19 December 1776, published 23 December 1776), no. 1, in Moncure D. Conway, ed., The Writings of Thomas Paine (1894), vol. 1, p. 170.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. ‘Tis dearness only that gives everything its value.
Thomas Paine1737–1809In: Rowena Holloway Pray it Forward: Daily Meditations, iUniverse, 1 August 2007, p. 166.
I think that if I am smart in business, it’s just that I’m smart about who I am. I know what I can, can’t, will and won’t do, and if I have to be strict about that, I will.
Dolly Parton1946–2026Interview by Jancee Dunn, “Dolly Parton: At 57, the Country Legend Still Brims With Vitality”, Rolling Stone (30 October 2003)
- Business
- Character