How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?
Vincent Van GoghRead
Don't lose heart if it's very difficult at times, everything will come out all right and nobody can in the beginning do as he wishes.
Interpretation
Stay hopeful during tough times as things will improve eventually.
This quote by Vincent Van Gogh encourages individuals to maintain their spirit in challenging situations. It acknowledges that difficulties are a part of life and that what we desire may not happen immediately, but with persistence and faith, everything can turn out well in the end.
In practice
In a motivational speech to students facing exams.
How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?
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To believe in God for me is to feel that there is a God, not a dead one, or a stuffed one, who with irresistible force urges us towards more loving.
Namby-pamby little routines that don't speed up your heartbeat and make you sweat aren't worth your while.
When you are going through hell, keep on going. Never never never give up.
What you become is far more important that what you get. What you get will be influenced by what you become.
There is no failure for the man who realizes his power, who never knows when he is beaten; there is no failure for the determined endeavor, the conquerable will. There is no failure for the man who gets up every time he falls, who rebounds like a rubber ball, who persists when everyone else gives up, who pushes on when everyone else turns back.
You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now.
I was brought up by two people who just said, Whatever it is you're interested in, go do it. There is no winning or losing. You find out when you do it what the experience is.
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