You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big.
Interpretation
Our thoughts shape our reality, and positive thinking can lead to great achievements.
This quote emphasizes the powerful influence of our thoughts on our actions and ultimately on our lives. By adopting a mindset focused on greatness—encompassing belief, effort, and generosity—we can transform our experiences and enhance our potential to achieve significant success and fulfillment.
In practice
In a motivational speech to inspire students about the power of positive thinking.
Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune.
To kill a man will be considered as disgusting [in the twentieth century] as we in this day consider it disgusting to eat one.
It is not the rich man's son that the young struggler for advancement has to fear in the race for life, nor his nephew, nor his cousin. Let him look out for the dark horse in the boy who begins by sweeping out the office.
Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none.
Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race.
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
I think I'm not a natural-born salesman, for sure, but If I have a product I really believe in, I can overcome some of the shyness and get through the things that aren't natural to me.
Always think, 'what's the worst that can happen' and have some kind of strategy to deal with it
Encourage one another. Many times a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept people on their feet.
Excuses are tools of the incompetent used to build bridges to nowhere and monuments of nothingness
A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.
Nothing is going to be handed to you -- you have to make things happen.
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