Muteswan said:
An old teacher of mine (Mr. Walters, Grunter) in Penlan Finishing School for young gentlemen had this saying;
Better late than never, but better never late.
Not motivational but something that stuck with me for the last 56 years.
Ah, old Grunter, after throwing a bunsen burner at me for trying to sneak my coat into his class, took me under his wing and really got me interested in Chemistry. Basically by scaring me into it. He was a very decent bloke beneath the blustering topsoil. The quote that sticks in my mind from him though was, "West, boy, why don't you go to New Zealand and live with the Mammaries". I mean, WTF? (I'd better clarify, I wasn't the West in question, no one deserves to be him).
Oh hang on, motivation, from the same golden Penlan era, Titch Evans at O Level..."if you all work really really hard and do everything I say, you might get a C"