Before speaking, consult your inner-truth barometer, and resist the temptation to tell people only what they want to hear.
Interpretation
Seek honesty and authenticity in communication rather than simply pleasing others.
This quote emphasizes the importance of being truthful and authentic when communicating with others. It suggests that before expressing our thoughts, we should reflect internally to ensure that we are sharing sincere insights rather than just what we think will be agreeable or flattering to our audience. Authenticity fosters deeper connections and understanding.
In practice
In a motivational speech about integrity, this quote can inspire others to be honest.
What is hope but a feeling of optimism, a thought that says things will improve, it won't always be bleak, there's a way to rise above the present circumstances. Hope is an internal awareness that you do not have to suffer forever, and that somehow, somewhere there is a remedy for despair that you will come upon if you can only maintain this expectancy in your heart.
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.
Live forgiveness every day rather than just talking about it on Sunday.
Say to Yourself when Someone Else is Criticizing U, 'What U Think of Me is None of My Business'
Conflict is a violation of harmony. If you participate in it, you're part of the problem, not the solution.
My own eight children all march to the beat of their inner music, and in some cases, it is definitely far away from what I hear. I've had to honor their instincts and their choices, and merely guided them out of harm's way until they could be their own guides.
No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
When trouble ends even troubles please.
Blessings donβt come from outside, but from within. Whatever blessings we receive are the result of our own efforts and positive actions.
I used to work very long hours. Then I started to realize that the stuff that I was writing in the late afternoons, I was generally throwing out. So I quit earlier than I used to.
Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.
I'm probably my biggest critic. I worry that if you spend any quality time reveling in good things then karma will slap you upside the head, so I try to stay as even keel as I'm able.
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