To get a name can happen but to few. A name, even in the most commercial nation, is one of the few things which cannot be bought . It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.
Interpretation
A person's name is something earned through character and actions, not something that can be purchased.
This quote by Samuel Johnson emphasizes the significance of one's reputation and name, suggesting that while many things can be bought in a commercial society, a name must be earned through merit and integrity. It highlights the intrinsic value of a name, which is a reflection of a person's character and contributions rather than a mere commodity.
In practice
During a leadership seminar, I shared this quote to underline the importance of earning trust and respect.
To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood.
To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage.
Fly-fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.
When any anxiety or gloom of the mind takes hold of you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaining; but exert yourselves to hide it, and by endeavoring to hide it you drive it away.
A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.
Anybody can wish for riches, and most people do, but only a few know that a definite plan, plus a burning desire for wealth, are the only dependable means of accumulating wealth
Those that spend the most effort in search of shortcuts are often the most disappointed and the least successful.
I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
Now success was like lust, she's good to the touch,_x000D_ _x000D_ She's good for the moment, but she's never enough
The journey to financial freedom starts the MINUTE you decide you were destined for prosperity, not scarcity- for abundance, not lack. Isn't there a part of you that has always known that? Can you see yourself living a bounteous life- a life of more than enough? It only takes one minute to decide. Decide now.
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
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