Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.
Interpretation
Our thoughts shape our reality, and aligning them with our desires is key to achieving our goals.
This quote emphasizes the power of thought in shaping our destiny. It suggests that by aligning our habitual thinking with our desires, we can manifest our aspirations and take the necessary actions to achieve our goals. The idea is that success begins in the mind, and when we focus our thoughts on what we truly want, we set in motion the actions that lead us toward those dreams.
In practice
In a motivational speech about the power of positive thinking.
Opportunity is latent in the very foundation of human society. Opportunity is everywhere about us. But the preparation to seize upon the opportunity, and to make the most of it, is to be made by every one for himself ... he will be self-made or never made.
We lift ourselves by our thought, we climb upon our vision of ourselves. If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself. Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, always, everywhere - your ideal of what you long to attain - the ideal of health, efficiency, success.
You know from past experiences that whenever you have been driven to the wall, or thought you were, you have extricated yourself in a way which you never would have dreamed possible had you not been put to the test. The trouble is that in your everyday life you don't go deep enough to tap the divine mind within you.
You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them.
Something greater than wealth, grander even than fame β that manhood, character, stand for success, and that nothing else really does.
Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.
You don't get lucky. You create lucky.
It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.
It's not about the resources you have available. It's about the resourcefulness you have within you.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
The thing is, you try your best, and what else you got? You try your best, really, that's all you can do. And for me, my best happens really so rarely.
When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.
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