The giants of the race have been men of concentration, who have struck sledge-hammer blows in one place until they have accomplished their purpose. The successful men of today are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose.
Interpretation
Success requires focused effort and unwavering determination towards a single goal.
This quote emphasizes the importance of concentrated effort and purpose in achieving success. It suggests that the most successful individuals are those who maintain a singular focus on their goals, tirelessly working towards them with an unwavering commitment, which ultimately leads to significant accomplishments.
In practice
In a motivational speech about achieving career goals.
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.
The Nobel Prize is fine, but the drugs I've developed are rewards in themselves.
I want to be successful, not famous.
I didn't want to be a big star. I wanted to be a really good actor.
The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career - either in stock cars or IndyCar - and he won't need a passport.
If you want a solid future, you need to create it. You can take charge of your future only when you take control of your income source. You need your own business.
Make your mark in New York and you are a made man.
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