Avarice, the spur of industry.
The love of fame usually spurs on the mind. [Lat. , Ingenio stimulos subdere fama solet. ]
My wit is sharper then the finest mustache, and when I walk among men I make truths ring like spurs.
Thoughts arising from practical experience may be a bridle or a spur.
All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs.
If you don't have to drag yourself off the field exhausted after 90 minutes, you can't claim to have done your best.
Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls.
You often feel like you are on a high wire with no net productions because you have to rely on spontaneity and come up with ideas on the spur of the moment - and then what happens is that there is electricity to it that gets caught.
It's no use just winning, we've got to win well.
The trouble with lies was that once started, the fiction had to be continued, and it was hard always to be remembering details that you had made up upon the spur of the moment.
Dreaming is one of humanity’s greatest gifts - it champions aspiration, spurs innovation, leads to change, and propels the world forward.
I've always liked to shoot from the hip. This is the perfect fit for me. . . I'm willing to earn my spurs, because once again, after 18 years I'm back to being a rookie.
You learn new song until you're comfortable with it to where you can record it blindfolded, but then when it comes out on the record, you forget about those little nuances and those little things that you changed during the recording process. It's those spur-of-the-moment things you do that makes it an entirely new beast that you then again have to relearn.
What spurs a person to get more serious is highly individual, but I have found that no matter what a person's level of ability, motivation must come from within, or it will not last.
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.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise
If thou wilt fly from God, the devil will lend thee both spurs and a horse.
There is no need of spurs when the horse is running away.
Constraints can spur creativity and incite action, as long as you have the confidence to embrace them.
Publicity is the very soul of justice. It is the keenest spur to exertion, and the surest of all guards against improbity.