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Men make it such a point of honour to be fit for business that they forget to examine whether business is fit for a man.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax1633–1695Moral Thoughts and Reflections
- Business
Life is a business that does not cover the costs.
Arthur Schopenhauer1788–1860The World as Will and Representation (1819; 1844; 1859)
- Business
- Life & Death
I’ve always believed that you should never, ever give up and you should always keep fighting even when there’s only a slightest chance.
Michael Schumacherborn 1969“Schumacher applauds ‘super-performance’”, Reuters (22 October 2007)
- Motivation & Goals
The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
Albert Schweitzer1875–1965Memoirs of Childhood and Youth (1924)
Great God! this is an awful place and terrible enough for us to have laboured to it without the reward of priority.
Robert Falcon Scott1868–1912Journal, 17 January 1912, quoted in Scott’s Last Expedition (1913) vol.1, ch.18
- Failure
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbour he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Seneca the Younger5 BC–AD 65Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXXI: On the supreme good, Line 2
- Motivation & Goals
Oftentimes a reverse has but made room for more prosperous fortune.
Seneca the Younger5 BC–AD 65Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XCI: On the Lesson to be Drawn From the Burning of Lyons
- Failure
- Luck
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
Seneca the Younger5 BC–AD 65Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXXXIV: On gathering ideas, Line 13
Whoever you are, no matter what social position you have, rich or poor, always show great strength and determination, and always do everything with much love and deep faith in God. One day you will reach your goal.
Ayrton Senna1960–1994Interview, 1991
- Faith
- Motivation & Goals
Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Twelfth Night (1601), Act II, scene v.In context
I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself
And falls on th’ other
William Shakespeare1564–1616Macbeth (c. 1606), Act I, Scene VII, spoken by MacbethIn context
- Motivation & Goals
- Power
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 context
- Motivation & Goals
- Work
Our 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
- Fear
- Motivation & Goals
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950Mrs. Warren’s Profession (1893), Act II (Vivie)
- Motivation & Goals
Imagine what you desire. Will what you imagine. Create what you will.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950
- Motivation & Goals