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For me Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy does it. Especially King Theoden's speech before the battle of Pelennor fields.
Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden!
spear shall be shaken, shield shall be splintered,
a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now, ride! Ride for ruin and the world's ending!
Death! Death! Death!
Forth Eorlingas!
What is it for you?
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My mortgage 
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
1.
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Mortgage, lack of savings for post retirement life.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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No mercy here, but they do have a point. Time to pay my mortgage as well.
For me, I get low because I cannot fix a problem. I hammer it and just keep going. People look at me and wonder why it's taking so long... (they do NOT offer to help).
Look for small victories.
Last week I finally fixed a bug that had been plaguing me for 3+ years.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Sure, my mortgage, but really, several, some snarky, things, within the context of "when I feel low about work":
1. This will pass
2. Why am I getting overly personally involved in my work?
3. The people I work with are morons. Corollary: Why am I feeling responsible for their f***ups
4. Work is not everything. Find other activities that are equally, if not more so, meaningful.
In the general context of just "when I feel low":
1. There's people suffering a lot more than me. Corollary: find one and do something, even small, that concretely helps them, even if it's just getting through another day for them.
2. My cat, animals in general, nature.
3. Fantasizing about revenge. 
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I would say that any introspective person feels like this on occasion. After all, in the long run, very little of what we do will matter.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Often for me, it is not anything related to work but life in general, which will still make you not want to do anything, but we must work so need the inspiration to get going.
Marc Clifton wrote: 1. There's people suffering a lot more than me. Corollary: find one and do something, even small, that concretely helps them, even if it's just getting through another day for them.
2. My cat, animals in general, nature.
3. Fantasizing about revenge.
These are very helpful tips and activities.
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I owe
I owe
so, off to work I go.
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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GKP1992 wrote: What is it for you?
Nothing that's kid sister friendly. 
Jeremy Falcon
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If I am remote... having some jabberwocky time with the kids
If I am in the office... going out and getting some sun on the face with some opportune music in my ears
And if it is something getting long, going to the source of it if it is a person and telling him/her what I need to say trying to stay polite while doing it
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Imbibing cleaning products.
Will Rogers never met me.
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A few days at home in isolation, playing games and/or watching movies or series.
Could be a (long) weekend, could be a week or two.
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Playing games has been the general getaway for me.
GTA V, Monster Hunter, The Witcher, Elden Ring... all sorts of games.
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J-RPGs for me.
Currently playing Octopath Traveler II, played Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores before that and Tales of Arise before that and Atelier Ryza 2 before that... 
The Witcher would be great for me, but I haven't played it as I know I'd totally not do anything else for 300 hours so I'm not even trying.
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Sander Rossel wrote: J-RPGs for me.
You should like the Final Fantasy games then.
I also loved "Sekiro: Shadows die twice" and "Ghost of Tsushima" even though the latter is developed by an American studio.
Both are gorgeous games.
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GKP1992 wrote: You should like the Final Fantasy games then.
Of course, played IV through X, XII (probably my favorite), XV, and the FFVII Remake
GKP1992 wrote: Ghost of Tsushima
I have this and planned to play it, but I always prefer other games first.
My next game will be FFXVI or Tales of Berseria (I discovered the Tales of series just last year and it's already one of my favorites).
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promise of $ reward, prestige, etc.
fear of losing face with my peers
heavy guilt
flagellation
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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In short, God. I am quite happy to expand on this but it will be nonsense to those who don't share a belief in an almighty creator who is personal and interactive.
So, like you, I draw inspiration from writings, but most of them are found in the Bible. Aside from that, yes, famous speeches from literary works before a great battle/self sacrifice, and poems, or snippets of poems and songs: Back in Black, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (specific to mothers), Move (TobyMac), Shake it Off, The Filling Station (Elizabeth Bishop) ...
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Your answer evokes two poems, the first "Miles to go before I sleep" by Robert Frost, and "The road goes ever on" by JRR Tolkien.
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Small victories (as some have already said).
Look for the "easy wins" or the "low hanging fruit". Chalk up a couple wins and it will get your head back in the game...
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My medication  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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What is the alternative? We get back into it because its what we were doing and we are creatures of habit.
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To try first an enticing junction... confused? (7)
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Attempt ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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