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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise
— John Milton
I was using these runs to give me clarity and focus, to remind myself of what I was capable of, and to spur me on in all areas of my life.
— Alexandra Heminsley
Publicity is the very soul of justice. It is the keenest spur to exertion, and the surest of all guards against improbity.
— Jeremy Bentham
The impulse to perform a worthy action often springs from our best nature, but is afterwards tainted by the spur of selfishness or sinister interest.
— Emile Souvestre
Every calamity is a spur and a valuable hint.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
I think what has happened, actually, is that September 11 has given a spur, a renewed urgency, to dialogue between the great faiths.
— George Carey
I have no spurTo prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself
And falls on the other. — William Shakespeare
As Hoffman later lamented, The reality distortion field can serve as a spur, but then reality itself hits.
— Joanna Hoffman
Everything is always spur-of-the-moment. All of my tattoos I decide that second and do it,
— Avril Lavigne
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
— Francis Quarles
Globalization and free trade do spur economic growth, and they lead to lower prices on many goods.
— Robert Reich
You know you are with true friends when they lift, encourage, correct, and then spur you on.
— Lisa Bevere
Opposition is the very spur of love.
— Tobias Smollett
Envy's a sharper spur than pay: No author ever spar'd a brother; Wits are gamecocks to one another.
— John Gay
It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure ... Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
— Harold W. Dodds
Advertising is the foot on the accelerator, the hand on the throttle, the spur on the flank that keeps our economy surging forward.
— Robert W. Sarnoff
It is often spur-of-the-moment decisions, sometimes made by others, that can change our whole lives.
— Jeffrey Archer
Ambition is the necessary spur of a great mind to great action; when acting upon a weak mind it impels it to absurdity, or sours it with discontent.
— Frances Wright
We all have to learn to live with our losses, and to use our regrets to spur us on in the future.
— John Christopher
Honour, the spur that pricks the princely mind,To follow rule and climb the stately chair. — George Peele
Constraints can spur creativity and incite action, as long as you have the confidence to embrace them.
— Tom Kelley
Continue to spur a running horse.
— Tsunetomo Yamamoto
Evil, unlike good, is constantly at war with those most like itself, and ambition is its spur.
— John Connolly
Necessity has been a priceless spur which has helped men to perform miracles against incredible odds.
— Orison Swett Marden
Avarice, the spur of industry.
— David Hume
Hearts are like horses. They come and they go against bit or spur.
— Rudyard Kipling
Being seen as the best striker in Europe doesn't spur me on-it's helping my team to success. That's my only aim. I'm not a machine.
— Thierry Henry
As secretary, Mellon was a pioneer of supply-side economics, cutting tax rates in order to spur investment and economic
— Jeff Miller
Anticipation leads the way to victory, and is the spur to conquest.
— Nicolas Chamfort
The disinhibition caused by said brain damage, can also spur the infected individual to seek the pleasure of compulsive, casual sexual activity
— Chuck Palahniuk
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.[Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.] — George Herbert
A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.
— Douglas Hurd
Bravery is often too sharp a spur.
— Lajos Kossuth
Sometimes the best decisions in life are on the spur of the moment. So I generally try to do what I think is right. And sometimes I make mistakes.
— David Rubenstein
Danger, the spur of all great minds.
— George Chapman
People say the most stupid things on the spur of the moment that they then have to retract.
— Michael Palin
Lust is a sharp spur to vice, which always putteth the affections into a false gallop.
— Francis Quarles
True understanding is the spur of genius
— Ursula K. Le Guin
I'm very 'spur of the moment'. I'm always trying to think of fun things to do to create a memory.
— Josh Hartnett
Advertising is the spur on the flank that keeps modern company-helping economy out of hand till the day common sense is restored, if ever it happens.
— Robert W. Sarnoff
Making suffering loom larger, by globalizing it, may spur people to feel they ought to "care" more.
— Susan Sontag
Know that morality is a curb, not a spur.
— Joseph Joubert
Envy's a sharper spur than pay.
— John Gay
I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it.
— David Mallet
Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it ...
— Francis Quarles
How do you write a letter on the spur of the moment? And then post it? On the spur of the moment?
— Edward Davies
To retire to the monastery, or the woods, or the sea, is to escape from the sharp suggestions that spur on ambition.
— Charles Horton Cooley
I often arrive at quite sensible ideas and judgements, on the spur of the moment. It is when I stop to think that I become foolish.
— Jerome K. Jerome
Necessity is the spur of genius.
— Honore De Balzac
Keep a spur handy.
— Meg Mims
Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.
— Jonathan Swift
It is stories - both real and fictional - that can captivate hearts, change minds and, in the most powerful examples, spur action.
— Vanessa Diffenbaugh
I'm not going anywhere. You can print that wherever you want to. I'm here and I'm a Spur for life.
— Tim Duncan
Anger can keep you warm at night, and wounded pride can spur a man to wondrous things.
— Patrick Rothfuss
Girly' products can spur Japan's growth in this century every bit as much as, if not more than, the 'manly' technologies.
— Morinosuke Kawaguchi
Vanity is often the unseen spur.
— William Makepeace Thackeray
most men rather need the spur, than the reins
— John Flavel
Perhaps there's no sharper spur to meditation than answered prayer.
— Hortense Calisher
Necessity is often the spur to genius.
— Honore De Balzac
