Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself!
PlatoRead
The three wishes of every man: to be healthy, to be rich by honest means, and to be beautiful.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Plato highlights the fundamental desires of humans: health, wealth gained ethically, and beauty.
In this quote, Plato articulates three core aspirations that are commonly held by individuals throughout time: the wish for good health, the desire for financial success achieved through honest efforts, and the quest for beauty both in physical appearance and in life experiences. These wishes reflect universal human values and serve as a guideline for living a fulfilling life. By emphasizing honesty in the pursuit of wealth, Plato also underscores the importance of integrity in achieving one's goals.
Themes
HealthWealthBeautyHonestyDesiresAspirations
In practice
Example use cases
This quote is perfect for a motivational speech about life goals.
More from Plato
All quotes →Not one of them who took up in his youth with this opinion that there are no gods ever continued until old age faithful to his conviction.
PlatoRead
...for the object of education is to teach us to love beauty.
PlatoRead
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
PlatoRead
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
PlatoRead
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
PlatoRead
Similar quotes
Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
SolonRead
We have communion with Christ in His thoughts, views, and purposes; for His thoughts are our thoughts according to our capacity and sanctity. Believers take the same view of matters as Jesus does; that which pleases Him pleases them, and that which grieves His grieves them also.
Charles SpurgeonRead
The written word is weak. Many people prefer life to it. Life gets your blood going, & it smells good. Writing is mere writing, literature is mere. It appeals only to the subtlest senses—the imagination’s vision, & the imagination’s hearing—& the moral sense, & the intellect. This writing that you do, that so thrills you, that so rocks & exhilarates you, as if you were dancing next to the band, is barely audible to anyone else.
Annie DillardRead
However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.
Ivan TurgenevRead
There is not much sense in suffering, since drugs can be given for pain, itching, and other discomforts. The belief has long died that suffering here on earth will be rewarded in heaven. Suffering has lost its meaning.
Elisabeth Kubler-RossRead
What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
H. L. MenckenRead