You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big.
Interpretation
Our thoughts shape our reality, and positive thinking can lead to great achievements.
This quote emphasizes the powerful influence of our thoughts on our actions and ultimately on our lives. By adopting a mindset focused on greatness—encompassing belief, effort, and generosity—we can transform our experiences and enhance our potential to achieve significant success and fulfillment.
In practice
In a motivational speech to inspire students about the power of positive thinking.
Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune.
To kill a man will be considered as disgusting [in the twentieth century] as we in this day consider it disgusting to eat one.
It is not the rich man's son that the young struggler for advancement has to fear in the race for life, nor his nephew, nor his cousin. Let him look out for the dark horse in the boy who begins by sweeping out the office.
Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none.
Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race.
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
When you buy me, you are buying a Ferrari. If you drive a Ferrari, you put premium petrol in the tank, you hit the motorway, and you step on the gas.
Live your days on the positive side of life, in tune with your most treasured values. And in each moment you'll have much to live for.
The big secret in life is there is no secret. Whatever your goal. You can get there if you're willing to work.
Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator.
I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary.
The remarks about my reaching the age of Social Security and coming to the end of the road, they jolted me. And that was good. Because I sure as hell had no intention of just sitting around for the rest of my life. So I'd whip out the paints and really go to it.
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