Motivation Quotes

When you need a push, these words deliver. The fuel for getting started and keeping going.

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"The danger does not come from the pursuit of the extreme, but from not pursuing it far enough."
William Tecumseh Sherman
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"In war, as in love, certainty of purpose wins the day."
William Tecumseh Sherman
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"Men will endure hardship if they believe in the cause they serve."
William Tecumseh Sherman
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"The North had the advantage of will as well as industry."
William Tecumseh Sherman
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"A nation's glory fades when its soldiers forget why they fight."
Edmund Allenby
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"The only true defeat is the one we accept without struggle."
Edmund Allenby
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"Soldiers generally, when they get a new coat, think they are not generals."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"The power of one man's determination can move mountains."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"The soldier who fights for gold fights until the gold runs out; the soldier who fights for purpose fights forever."
Alfred von Schlieffen
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"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."
Arthur Wellesley
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"Do not rest on your laurels."
Arthur Wellesley
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"Great men are not born great, they grow great."
Arthur Wellesley
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"I prefer action to words."
Arthur Wellesley
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"The moral element is half of battle; numbers make up only the other half."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"A soldier without a cause is merely a murderer."
Helmuth von Moltke
H
"The greatest battles are won in the mind before the body engages."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"A soldier without ambition is like a body without a soul."
Napoléon III
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"The pursuit of excellence is what separates the great from the ordinary."
Napoléon III
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"Motivation flows from a sense of purpose, not obligation."
Robert E. Lee
R
"Motivation is born from conviction, not from coercion."
Robert E. Lee
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"Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory."
William Tecumseh Sherman
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"I have found that many men will fight for principles."
William Tecumseh Sherman
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"A good intention is not enough; action must follow."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"I believe nothing is impossible to the man who will try."
Horatio Nelson
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"The impossible is sometimes the untried."
Horatio Nelson
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"Motivation endures longest when rooted in principle rather than passion."
Robert E. Lee
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"Men fight not merely for territory, but for ideas they believe are worth dying for."
Alfred von Schlieffen
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"A man without ambition is like a ship without a sail."
Napoléon III
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"The future is written by those bold enough to seize it."
Napoléon III
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"In war, the moral is to the material as three to one."
Arthur Wellesley