Dream dreams and write them aye, but live them first.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of not only dreaming and planning but also taking action to live those dreams.
Samuel Eliot Morison's quote suggests that while dreaming and envisioning one's goals is essential, it is even more crucial to actively engage in the process of achieving those dreams. Living our dreams involves making practical efforts and experiencing the journey rather than merely fantasizing about the outcomes. It encourages a balance between aspiration and action.
In practice
This quote is perfect for a motivational speech at a graduation ceremony.
But sea power has never led to despotism. The nations that have enjoyed sea power even for a brief period-Athens, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, England, the United States-are those that have preserved freedom for themselves and have given it to others. Of the despotism to which unrestrained military power leads we have plenty of examples from Alexander to Mao.
The freedmen were not really free in 1865, nor are most of their descendants really free in 1965. Slavery was but one aspect of a race and color problem that is still far from solution here, or anywhere. In America particularly, the grapes of wrath have not yet yielded all their bitter vintage.
So I have cultivated the vast garden of human experience which is history, without troubling myself overmuch about laws, essential first causes, or how it is all coming out.
Intellectual honesty is the quality that the public in free countries always has expected of historians; much more than that it does not expect, nor often get.
No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power; and, conversely, very few rebellions of maritime provinces have succeeded without acquiring sea power.
A tough but nervous, tenacious but restless race [the Yankees]; materially ambitious, yet prone to introspection, and subject to waves of religious emotion. . . . A race whose typical member is eternally torn between a passion for righteousness and a desire to get on in the world.
Every once in a while, there comes a story. A story that blows your mind. One where you know you've made a difference. That's what makes it all worthwhile. That and the anticipation. It's addictive, because you never know when it will happen, but when it does, nothing in the world is as important.
I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution - they said I was crazy and would never make a living from writing.
God, I pray light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn up for thee.
It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.
Dear young people, the Church expects great things of you and your generosity. Donβt be afraid to aim high.
Each day is a new opportunity. Yesterday is over and done. Today is the first day of my future.
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