Ask HN: What quote inspired you the most?
I'm collecting quotes for my weekend project, http://www.inspirationalquoteaday.com, and would like to know what quote inspires you the most.
If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss;
This quote was more related to Ali's joining the Nation of Islam, but in the Movie Ali this quote was referenced while Ali was talking to reporters about his conscientious objection. Especially because the US government wanted to make an Anti-American example out of Ali's refusal of the draft, but in reality people rallied behind Ali's decision which sparked the entire Anti-Vietnam movement.
W.B. Yeats, "Pardon, old fathers", the prefatory poem to the book Responsibilities. (I think.)