Focused Quotes
This mood is closely related to the work and motivation categories but narrower in tone: less about why to start, more about how to keep going once you have. Good for a desk or workspace print.
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
“Well begun is half done.”
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
“Well done is better than well said.”
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”
“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.”
“Learning never exhausts the mind.”
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”