My desire (More sharp than filed steel) did spur me forth.
I do note / That grief and patience, rooted in them both, / Mingle their spurs together.
Two sorts of spurs seem to have been in use about the time of the Conquest, one called a pryck, having only a single point like the gaffle of a fighting cock; the other consisting of a number of points of considerable length, radiating from and revolving on a center, thence named the rouelle or wheel spur.
But, worthy Hector, She is a theme of honour and renown, A spur to valiant and magnanimous deeds.
Draw, archers, draw your arrows to the head! Spur your proud horses hard, and ride in blood; Amaze the welkin with your broken staves!.
Obey the spur of the moment. These accumulated it is that make the impulse and the impetus of the life of genius.
It was a spur-of-the-moment decision to buy the car.
A spur-of-the moment choice.
They keep their bags packed so they can leave on the spur of the moment.
... would be a spur to growth. ...
... That nothing acts ts a greater spur ...