Difficulties indeed sometimes arise; but common sense and honest intentions will generally steer through them.
Interpretation
Challenges may occur, but with common sense and good intentions, we can navigate through them.
This quote by Thomas Jefferson emphasizes the importance of using common sense and having honest intentions when faced with challenges. It suggests that while difficulties are a part of life, they can often be overcome through clear reasoning and integrity, highlighting a practical approach to problem-solving.
In practice
During a team meeting, to encourage collaboration in overcoming obstacles.
The firmness with which the (American) people have withstood the... abuses of the press, the discernment they have manifested between truth and falsehood, show that they may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false and to form a correct judgment between them.
I, place economy among the first & most important republican virtues, & public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared
βWe must make our choice between economy and liberty or confusion and servitude...If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and comforts, in our labor and in our amusements...if we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people, under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.
Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack. To preserve it in that, will require unremitting vigilance.
A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
[Every disappointment or misfortune can become a blessing in disguise, for which we should be grateful. But only if the hidden blessing is anticipated, expected and searched for will it be found and recognised as such and the most made of it. For example...] Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away hunger.
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
Journalism is just a gun. Itβs only got one bullet in it, but if you aim right, thatβs all you need. Aim it right, and you can blow a kneecap off the world.
You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn't deceive anybody. It's the deceivers who make you feel bad.
Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior.
Not until we have become humble and teachable, standing in awe of God's holiness and sovereignty...a cknowledging our own littleness, distrusting our own thoughts, and willing to have our minds turned upside down, can divine wisdom become ours.
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