Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
Lyndon B. JohnsonRead
The fruit we wish to pick tomorrow lies hidden in the seed of today. The goals we are to read and the problems we are to solve tomorrow depend upon today's diligence, hope and faith, today's conviction of the almightiness of good.
Interpretation
Today's efforts and mindset determine tomorrow's successes.
This quote emphasizes the importance of current actions and attitudes in shaping future outcomes. It suggests that the diligence, hope, and faith we cultivate today are critical for achieving our goals and overcoming challenges in the future, highlighting the interconnectedness of present efforts and future results.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal growth.
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them.
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.
I think our chances are not looking great today but the only way to fail for me is just not to try.
There is no end to the good we can do, to the influence we can have with others. Let us not dwell on the critical or the negative. Let us pray for strength; let us pray for capacity and desire to assist others. Let us radiate the light of the gospel at all times and all places, that the Spirit of the Redeemer may radiate from us.
First, you have to have fun. Second, you have to put love where your labour is. Third, you have to go in the opposite direction to everyone else.
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