My hopes were high, and I looked every day for some change to take place. What it was to be I knew not, but that it would come I felt certain if I kept on. One day the chance came.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of hope and persistence in the face of uncertainty.
In this quote, Andrew Carnegie reflects on the power of maintaining hope and a positive outlook while waiting for opportunities to arise. He expresses the belief that by continually striving and holding onto the expectation of change, one can eventually encounter the opportunities they seek, underscoring the importance of perseverance and faith in one's journey towards success.
In practice
In a motivational speech about persevering through tough times.
Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune.
To kill a man will be considered as disgusting [in the twentieth century] as we in this day consider it disgusting to eat one.
It is not the rich man's son that the young struggler for advancement has to fear in the race for life, nor his nephew, nor his cousin. Let him look out for the dark horse in the boy who begins by sweeping out the office.
You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big.
Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none.
Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race.
There is one thing that gets you out of bed in the morning, and that is discipline. Because your dreams and your goals are not there waking up for you in the morning.
The key that unlocks energy is desire. It's also the key to a long and interesting life. If we expect to create any drive, any real force within ourselves, we have to get excited.
I want the same thing I've wanted since I was 7 years old. I want to be No. 1.
I'm prouder of my weight loss than my Oscar! I hope it has inspired people.
Goals. There's no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There's no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There's no telling what will happen when you act upon them.
Make yourself necessary to the world, and mankind will give you bread.
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