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Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.

I thought it was motivating, with an interesting perspective. You should reach for the sky, every time :) I got it because I’m subscribed to a list on Simpleology where I get these kind of quotes pretty much every day. I didn’t know at the time who the author of this quote was because Mark Joyner (the creator of Simpleology) only reveals the name of the “quoter” after sending a few quotes.

That is a pretty effective copywriting method (that Mark Joyner likes to use a lot) called the Zeigarnik effect. Basically it’s all about incompleteness and the fact that if you know that something is incomplete (like the end of a movie) you are almost forced to do whatever you have to do to find out the missing piece (like how the movie ends).

Well, today I got to know that the author of this quote is Lord Chesterfield,
a British statesman and diplomat. Here is another thought-provoking quote from him:

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

Do you have a favorite quote that is inspirational, motivating or thought-provoking?