Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.

John Milton
About This Quote

Of all the quotations on this list, this one is definitely the most inspiring. It suggests that if you’re awake and alive, you don’t have time to sleep. You can’t be unconscious or lazy when you’re alive. You have to get out of bed, stand up straight, and go after what you want in life.

Source: Paradise Lost

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