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Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
Abigail Adams1744–1818Letter to John Adams (27 November 1775)
- Motivation & Goals
‘Tis not in mortals to command success,
But we’ll do more, Sempronius; we’ll deserve it.
Joseph Addison1672–1719Cato, A Tragedy (1713)
The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a proper method to catch the reader’s eye; without which a good thing may pass over unobserved, or be lost among commissions of bankrupt.
Joseph Addison1672–1719The Tatler, No. 224 (14 September 1710)
- Business
- Writing
The condition of all progress is experience. We go wrong a thousand times before we find the right path.
Felix Adler1851–1933Life and Destiny (1913)
- Experience
- 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
Talent isn’t genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.
Louisa May Alcott1832–1888Little Women (1868–1869), Part Second, Chapter XXXIXIn context
- Genius
- Motivation & Goals
The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road; long before I dance under those lights.
Muhammad Ali1942–2016
Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.
Muhammad Ali1942–2016
- Failure
AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there’ll be great companies.
Sam Altmanborn 1985Head of Silicon Valley’s most important startup farm says we’re in a ‘mega bubble’ that won’t last, Business Insider (5 June 2015)
- Business
- Technology
Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.
Gillian Andersonborn 1968Excerpt from the foreword in Girl Boss: Running the Show Like the Big Chicks, by Stacy Kravetz (1999)
- Fear
- Motivation & Goals
If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
Mario Andrettiborn 1940
- Motivation & Goals
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)
- Motivation & Goals
Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
Aristotle384–322 BC
If the will is fixed on the purpose it sets itself to accomplish, then circumstances will suggest the right course; but the schemer finds himself always tripped up by the unexpected.
Sri Aurobindo1872–1950India’s Rebirth, 22 February 1908
- Motivation & Goals