The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.
Francois De La RochefoucauldRead
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Embrace life fully, as if time is limitless, to truly achieve greatness.
This quote suggests that by living each day with passion and purpose, as if we will never face death, we open ourselves to great achievements. It encourages individuals to push beyond their fears and limitations, fostering an attitude that inspires action and greatness in life.
Themes
GreatnessLifeMotivationPassionPurpose
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech about pursuing one's dreams.
More from Francois De La Rochefoucauld
All quotes βOld men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.
Francois De La RochefoucauldRead
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
Francois De La RochefoucauldRead
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
Francois De La RochefoucauldRead
The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
Francois De La RochefoucauldRead
To understand matters rightly we should understand their details; and as that knowledge is almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect.
Francois De La RochefoucauldRead
Similar quotes
Every government says they love small businesses, but what have they done for them? We should pull down all the barriers.
Jack MaRead
If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work.
C. S. LewisRead
Develop confidence in your innate qualities and believe that these qualities will be brought to fruition.
Tenzin PalmoRead
If you've got the platform and the ability to make a difference, then this goes beyond 'should' and reaches the level of 'must.' You must make a difference or you squander the opportunity. Wasting the opportunity both degrades your own ability to contribute and, more urgently, takes something away from the rest of us.
Seth GodinRead
Second place is meaningless. You can't always be first, but you have to believe that you should have been - that you were never beaten - that time just ran out on you.
Vince LombardiRead
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
Norman Vincent PealeRead