"Friends:

Enthusiastic Energetic Effort gains all Success:

The Blessed Buddha once said:
Friends, the lazy person dwells in misery, soiled by evil detrimental
states.
Great is the personal advantage, which one thereby neglects.
But the energetic & enthusiastic person lives happily, secluded from evil
detrimental states,
and great is the personal advantage, that one thereby wins.
It is not by the inferior, that the supreme is attained.
Rather, it is only by truly supreme effort, that the supreme state is attained.
Friends, this Noble Life is a sublime juice!
Therefore, friends, while this Teaching is present arouse your energy
for the attainment of the yet unattained, for the achievement of the yet
unachieved, for the realization of the yet unrealized...
Considering your own future, friends, is enough motivation
to make every effort for reaching this goal;
considering the good future of others, is enough motivation to do your best;
considering the best of both, is far enough inspiration to strive for the
supreme goal with diligent thoroughness!
Thus enthusiastically, friends, should you train yourselves!"
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Arousal_Get_Up_and_Going.htm
Posted with the kind permission of Bhikkhu Samahita

With metta / Antony :)