Too late, I found you can't wait to become perfect, you got to go out and fall down and get up with everybody else.
Interpretation
Perfection is unattainable; you must take action and learn from your failures.
This quote emphasizes the importance of taking action rather than waiting for the perfect moment or perfect self. It suggests that the journey towards self-improvement involves making mistakes and learning from them, just like everyone else. Instead of holding back due to the fear of imperfection, one should embrace the fallibility inherent in the human experience and use it as an opportunity for growth.
In practice
This quote can inspire individuals in a motivational speech at a conference.
I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview (Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing!)
I never went to college, so I went to the library.
There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.
I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.
The first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms. Without such vigor, he might as well be out picking peaches or digging ditches; God knows it'd be better for his health.
You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.
We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words ‘Too Late’.
Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.
Failing is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night.
Online I see people committing 'social media suicide' all the time by one of two ways. Firstly by responding to all criticism, meaning you're never going to find time to complete important milestones of your own, and by responding to things that don't warrant a response. This lends more credibility by driving traffic.
Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.
There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.
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