Slow but steady wins the race.
AesopRead
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
Interpretation
Planning and preparation today can lead to better outcomes in the future.
This quote by Aesop emphasizes the importance of foresight and preparation. By being thrifty and planning for future needs today, individuals can ensure they are well-equipped to handle challenges and desires that may arise tomorrow, ultimately leading to a more secure and fulfilling life.
In practice
This quote can be used in a financial planning seminar to emphasize the importance of saving.
Slow but steady wins the race.
We often despise what is most useful to us.
The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
If you are a friend, why do you bite me so hard? If an enemy, why do you fawn on me?
The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
Sadly, sadly, the sun rose; it rose upon no sadder sight than the man of good abilities and good emotions, incapable of their directed exercise, incapable of his own help and his own happiness, sensible of the blight on him, and resigning himself to let it eat him away.
There is no normal life that is free of pain. It's the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
Suppose you read about a pill that you could take once a day to reduce anxiety and increase your contentment. Would you take it? Suppose further that the pill has a great variety of side effects, all of them good: increased self-esteem, empathy, and trust; it even improves memory. Suppose, finally, that the pill is all natural and costs nothing. Now would you take it? The pill exists. It is meditation.
If we humans are good at anything, itβs thinking weβve got a terrific idea and going for it without acknowledging the potential consequences or our own ignorance.
Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your emotion and this can lead to new ideas.
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