If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
Zig ZiglarRead
We build our character from the bricks of habit we pile up day by day.
Interpretation
Our habits shape who we are over time.
This quote by Zig Ziglar emphasizes the importance of our daily habits in the formation of our character. Just as bricks are stacked to create a strong building, the habits we consistently practice contribute to the development of our personality and moral fiber, highlighting that character is not built overnight but through continued dedication and effort.
In practice
During a motivational speech about personal development at a conference.
If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
I read for the 'ah-ha's,' the information that makes a light bulb go off in my mind. I want to put information in my mind that is going to be the most beneficial to me, my family and my fellow man - financially, morally, spiritually, and emotionally.
You cannot rise about your words. A lot of people use foul, pornographic, filthy, language and you SEE, all of those words paint pictures and they reveal the internal thinking of the person on the inside. YOU cannot RISE (forward, onward upward) above your words.
Hope is the foundational quality of all change, and encouragement is the fuel which keeps hope alive.
Setting goals helps bring your future into your present and the present is the only time we can take action.
Happiness is the ability to move forward, knowing the future will be better than the past.
If I can only keep my good name, I shall have riches enough.
Little by little he came to recognize the difference between the spirits that agitated him, one from the enemy and one from God.
We only see what we want to see; we only hear what we want to hear. Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what we believe.
...in a time lacking in truth and certainty and filled with anguish and despair, no woman should be shamefaced in attempting to give back to the world, through her work, a portion of its lost heart.
As a younger person, my philosophy was jump off a cliff. I realize now that there are stairs and elevators. I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me. I can even ask for help! Not feeling that I have to know everything, and thatβs where the growth comes in, in the not knowing.
Our power is in our ability to decide.
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