Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money.
Interpretation
Choose a career that you are passionate about, regardless of monetary needs.
This quote emphasizes the importance of pursuing work that brings personal fulfillment and joy rather than merely focusing on financial compensation. It suggests that when individuals align their occupations with their passions, they are more likely to find satisfaction and purpose in their lives.
In practice
In a motivational speech for graduating students.
Real happiness is not dependent on external things. The pond is fed from within. The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions. You must cultivate your mind if you wish to achieve enduring happiness.
Life, with all it's sorrows, cares, perplexities and heart-breaks, is more interesting than bovine placidity, hence more desirable. The more interesting it is, the happier it is.
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.
The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.
You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.
It gets dangerous when you start allowing people to validate your work.
You can't find returns in investments you haven't made.
The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me, and a matter of bewilderment for my wife.
I do today what people won't, so I achieve tomorrow what other people can't.
Success is about honour, feeling morally calibrated, absence of shame, not what some newspaper defines from an external metric.
Successful people make right decisions early and manage those decisions daily.
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