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One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson1809–1892Ulysses (1842)In context
- Courage
- Motivation & Goals
Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!
Charles Dickens1812–1870David Copperfield (1850), Chapter 28In context
- Motivation & Goals
In all failures, the beginning is certainly the half of the whole.
George Eliot1819–1880Middlemarch (1871–1872), Book III: Waiting for Death, Chapter XXXIIn context
- Failure
Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,⁠—act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o’erhead!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882A Psalm of Life (1838)In context
- Motivation & Goals
- Time
Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.
Edgar Allan Poe1809–1849Eldorado (1849)In context
- Motivation & Goals
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
It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them. How can we ever be satisfied without them until our feelings are deadened?
George Eliot1819–1880The Mill on the Floss (1860), Book Fifth: Wheat and Tares, Chapter IIn context
- Motivation & Goals
It is cruel to discover one’s mediocrity only when it is too late.
W. Somerset Maugham1874–1965Of Human Bondage (1915), Chapter LIIn context
- Failure
I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
William Faulkner1897–1962The Sound and the Fury (1929), June Second, 1910 (1 of 4)In context
- Failure
- Time
My life has been a failure. I am clever and brave and strong. If I had lived a normal life I might have become another Schopenhauer or Dostoieffski.
Anton Chekhov1860–1904Uncle Vanya (1897), Act III, spoken by VoitskiIn context
- Failure
Oh, what curse is it that makes everything I touch turn ludicrous and mean?
Henrik Ibsen1828–1906Hedda Gabler (1890), Act Fourth, spoken by HeddaIn context
- Failure
Slow but steady wins the race.
Aesop620–564 BCAesop’s Fables (6th century BC), The Lion and the Mouse – The Fawn and His MotherIn context
- Motivation & Goals
Self-help is the best help.
Aesop620–564 BCAesop’s Fables (6th century BC), The Lion and the Mouse – The Fawn and His MotherIn context
- Advice
- Motivation & Goals
I’ve bought the estate where my grandfather and my father were slaves, where they weren’t even allowed into the kitchen.
Anton Chekhov1860–1904The Cherry Orchard (1904), Act Three, spoken by LopakhinIn context
- Family