I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?
Interpretation
Words of praise can significantly influence a person's path in life.
This quote emphasizes the profound impact that positive reinforcement and encouragement can have on an individual's journey. It suggests that a simple acknowledgment of someone's efforts or potential can lead to meaningful changes in their future, highlighting the importance of supporting others through kind words.
In practice
During a motivational speech to inspire young students.
When I asked him -Mr.Henry Ford- if he ever worried, he replied: "No. I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe that every-thing will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about?
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.
If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.
People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them.
I've always considered myself the best and the top. I never considered that I was out of it.
I'd look at one of my stonecutters hammering away at the rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet, at the hundred and first blow it would split in two, and I knew it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.
People who make a difference never wait for just the right time. They know that it will never arrive.
To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.
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