Remember why you started, remember where you're headed, think of how great it will be to get there, and keep going.
Ralph MarstonRead
Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.
Interpretation
Believe in your potential and take the steps needed to achieve it.
This quote emphasizes the importance of having a positive self-expectation while simultaneously recognizing the necessity of taking actionable steps towards achieving personal goals. It suggests that self-belief must be coupled with effort and determination to turn aspirations into reality.
In practice
During a motivational speech to inspire students to pursue their dreams.
Remember why you started, remember where you're headed, think of how great it will be to get there, and keep going.
Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.
Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.
A world of abundance surrounds you, if only you will step up and claim it. Make life happen through you rather than letting it happen to you. It will make all the difference in the world.
If you're to succeed at any endeavor, the first and most important person you must convince is yourself. Success comes not from merely a belief that you can do it. Success comes when you absolutely know you can achieve it
You have created your fears. And you can choose to lay them to rest. You have created your dreams. And you can choose to bring them fully to life.
Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
When you left the house today, you had the intention of putting clothes on and you did. You didn't try to put your pants on today. You simply put them on. The same has to hold for all of our intentions. We don't try to be more loving partners. We make the intention, and we act on it.
As soon as someone I donβt respect tells me I canβt do something, it just makes me want to do it even more.
If the work is high and far, _x000D_ You must not only aim aright, _x000D_ But draw the bow with all your might.
The more I run, the more I want to run, and the more I live a life conditioned and influenced and fashioned by my running. And the more I run, the more certain I am that I am heading for my real goal: to become the person I am.
As long as I can compete, I won't quit. Reaching three-thousand is not the finish line as long as I can contribute.
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