To turn water into wine, and what is common into what is holy, is indeed the glory of Christianity.
Frederick William RobertsonRead
Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing.
Interpretation
Strong belief in oneself is essential for positive action and meaningful accomplishments.
This quote emphasizes the power of belief in influencing one's actions and accomplishments. It suggests that only when a person possesses a strong faith in their capabilities can they approach tasks with enthusiasm and achieve significant outcomes. The underlying message is that belief is a crucial driver for motivation and success in life.
In practice
In a motivational speech to inspire students before exams.
To turn water into wine, and what is common into what is holy, is indeed the glory of Christianity.
The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones.
No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves.
In these two things the greatness of man consists, to have God dwelling in us as to impart His character to us, and to have Him dwelling in us, that we recognize His presence, and know that we are His, and He is ours. The one is salvation; the other, the assurance of it.
The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly.
There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.
After each game, I want to be able to say: I gave it all I could, I gave it my best.
On a mission your worst enemy is idle time.
Nobody's going to do your life for you. You have to do it yourself, whether you're rich or poor, out of money or raking it in, the beneficiary of ridiculous fortune or terrible injustice. And you have to do it no matter what is true. No matter what is hard. No matter what unjust, sad, sucky things befall you. Self-pity is a dead-end road. You make the choice to drive down it. It's up to you to decide to stay parked there or to turn around and drive out.
Passion is the thing that won't let you sleep at night because you want to get up in the morning and go do your thing.
There's always ways of motivating yourself to higher levels. Write about it, dream about it. But after that, turn it into action. Don't just dream.
The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds, and sometimes he needs somebody, his pal or his mother or his wife or God, to give him that confidence.
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