It is not for us to forecast the future, but to shape it.
Interpretation
We cannot predict what will happen in the future, but we have the power to influence and create it.
This quote emphasizes the importance of taking active steps in our lives to shape the outcomes we desire instead of resigning ourselves to the uncertainty of the future. It encourages an empowered mindset, suggesting that our actions can significantly alter the course of our lives and the world around us.
In practice
During a team meeting, to inspire action towards project goals.
Grown-ups love figures... When you tell them you've made a new friend they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you "What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies? " Instead they demand "How old is he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make? " Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.
Attitude is a paintbrush. It colors everything!
Water, thou hast no taste, no color, no odor; canst not be defined, art relished while ever mysterious. Not necessary to life, but rather life itself, thou fillest us with a gratification that exceeds the delight of the senses.
In those days, I didn't understand anything. I should have judged her according to her actions, not her words. She perfumed my planet and lit up my life. I should never have run away! I ought to have realized the tenderness underlying her silly pretensions. Flowers are so contadictory! But I was too young to know how to love her.
When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey.
When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed. Man is a knot, a web, a mesh into which relationships are tied. Only those relationships matter. The body is an old crock that nobody will miss. I have never known a man to think of himself when dying. Never.
Together, let us make this a new beginning. Let us make a commitment to care for the needy, to teach our children the values and the virtues handed down to us by our families, to have the courage to defend those values and the willingess to sacrifice for them. Let us pledge to restore, in our time, the American spirit of voluntary service, of cooperation, of private and community initiative, a spirit that flows like a deep and mighty river through the history of our nation.
Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
we are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps
Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.
If the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights movement made demands that altered the course of American lives and backed up those demands with the willingness to give up your life in service of your civil rights, with Black Lives Matter, a more internalized change is being asked for: recognition.
At long last, the battle has ended! And thus, Ghana, your beloved country is free forever!
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