Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom
Interpretation
Confidence takes time to develop, particularly in older individuals.
This quote by Samuel Johnson suggests that confidence is not something that can be acquired quickly; rather, it requires time and experience to cultivate, especially in older people who may have become more reserved or skeptical due to past experiences. It highlights the notion that personal growth and self-assurance often come gradually, as one engages with life's challenges and learns about themselves.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming self-doubt.
To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood.
To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage.
Fly-fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.
When any anxiety or gloom of the mind takes hold of you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaining; but exert yourselves to hide it, and by endeavoring to hide it you drive it away.
A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.
There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of all sciences.
Rather than engage in the sort of selective retention that so many investors tend to do and pretend mistakes never happened, I prefer to 'own' them. This allows me to learn from them and, with any luck, avoid making the same errors again.
Balance in large measure is knowing the things that can be changed, putting them in proper perspective, and recognizing the things that will not change."
'Grace' is basically a death prayer. Not something of sorrow, but of just casting away any fear of death. No relief will come - you really just have to stew in your life until it's time to go. But sometimes, somebody else's faith in you can do wonders.
I enjoy putting my mind into different situations rather than my body.
The men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.
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