Famous quotes containing the words spur and/or gear:
“All real freedom springs from necessity, for it can be gained only through the exercise of the individual will, and that will can be roused to energetic action only by the force of necessity acting upon it from the outside to spur it to effort.”
—Anna C. Brackett (18361911)
“But Lord, remember me and mine
Wi mercies temporal and divine!
That I for grace and gear may shine,
Excelled by nane!
And a the glory shall be thine!
Amen! Amen!”
—Robert Burns (17591796)