In everything one must consider the end.
Jean De La FontaineRead
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
Interpretation
When someone is truly passionate about something, they can overcome any obstacles.
This quote suggests that human beings have an innate ability to conquer challenges and make the impossible possible when they are driven by passion and inspiration. It emphasizes the transformative power of enthusiasm and the strength that arises when individuals are committed to a cause that ignites their spirit.
In practice
Motivational speeches at conferences highlighting the power of passion.
In everything one must consider the end.
Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.
If we can muster up that degree of commitment and get away from the uniquely American perception that if something can't be done immediately it isn't worth doing, then I think the Hunger Movement, this small but growing minority of us, can have a truly significant impact.
Right now, in every big city ghetto, tens of thousands of yesterday's and today's school dropouts are keeping body and soul together by some form of hustling in the same way I did.
You learn to accept defeat graciously in golf. Unlike other sports, the game itself is a constant opponent. It never stops. A golfer is fortunate to win a few times. We spend our whole lives trying to conquer something, and we lose a lot more than we win.
One must work; one must work. I have done what I could.
You are already that which you want to be, and your refusal to believe this is the only reason you do not see it.
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