Remember why you started, remember where you're headed, think of how great it will be to get there, and keep going.
Ralph MarstonRead
You have created your fears. And you can choose to lay them to rest. You have created your dreams. And you can choose to bring them fully to life.
Interpretation
You are responsible for both your fears and your dreams, and you have the power to transform them.
This quote emphasizes the idea that both our fears and dreams are products of our own making. It suggests that we have the ability to confront our fears and let them go while also having the potential to manifest our dreams into reality through conscious choice and action.
In practice
This quote is perfect for a motivational speech about overcoming personal challenges.
Remember why you started, remember where you're headed, think of how great it will be to get there, and keep going.
Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.
Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.
A world of abundance surrounds you, if only you will step up and claim it. Make life happen through you rather than letting it happen to you. It will make all the difference in the world.
If you're to succeed at any endeavor, the first and most important person you must convince is yourself. Success comes not from merely a belief that you can do it. Success comes when you absolutely know you can achieve it
Being positive in a negative situation is not naive. It's leadership.
King old ladies assure us that cats are often the best judges of character. A cat will always to to a good man, they say.
The Sufis advise us to speak only after our words have managed to pass through three gates. At the first gate, we ask ourselves, 'Are these words true?' If so, we let them pass on; if not, back they go. At the second gate, we ask, 'Are the necessary?' At the last gate, we ask, 'Are they kind?'
Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.
I began feeling the way I imagine an actor or athlete must feel when, after years of commitment to a particular dream...he realizes that he's gone just about as far as talent or fortune will take him. The dream will not happen, and he now faces the choice of accepting this fact like a grownup and moving on to more sensible pursuits, or refusing the truth and ending up bitter, quarrelsome, and slightly pathetic.
Practice not-doing and everything will fall into place.
Hear the meaning within the word.
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