What sentence is particularly meaningful, admirable, or powerful? What other sentence would you write before it, after it, or in its place?

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November 18, 2020
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"Ultimately, I was driven by the desire to proceed" (24)

I chose this sentence because I want to probe the ethics of persistence and tenacity. How is one able to proceed? What is needed to proceed? Or, what lies at the point of exhaustion and failure?