There's nothing like a great quote to lift our flagging spirits, and listed below are 10 excellent examples! Commit them to memory and they'll serve as a permanent source of energy and motivation.

"Energy and persistence conquer all things" --Benjamin Franklin

"He who would do some great thing in this short life, must apply himself to the work with such a concentration of his forces as to the idle spectators, who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity" --John Foster

"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop" --Confucius

"It's always too early to quit" -- Norman Vincent Peale

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly" --Robert F. Kennedy

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up" --Thomas Alva Edison

"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm" --Winston Churchill

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal" -- Henry Ford ( Marvellous!)

"Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy" -- Winston Churchill

"Press on! A better fate awaits thee" --Victor Hugo

They're all inspiring quotes - but I do like the one by Henry Ford!

What do you think?