“Time flies—but I’m the pilot.”
The point is not to be admired but to be admirable.
Achieving is far more enjoyable than consuming.
Discipline rarely comes naturally but is always crucial.

I want to be the light I long to see in the world.
(Oddly, I’ve long been motivated by something very much like that thought, but only recently I discovered the cliched but beautiful phrase to give it form. I can’t think of a more inspiring phrase, demanding nothing on the world, putting the responsibility for imagination and effort squarely on oneself.)