No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start.
Interpretation
Success and wealth do not protect you from everyday problems.
This quote highlights the misconception that achieving great success and wealth provides immunity from the ordinary struggles of life. It serves as a reminder that regardless of one's accomplishments or financial status, everyone still faces common challenges and inconveniences, emphasizing the shared human experience.
In practice
During a motivational speech about the reality of success.
You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analagous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination. Hold the philosophy, hold the adjectives, just give us a plain subject and verb and perhaps a wholesome, nonfattening adverb or two.
-she remembered them kindly, for there was a sweetness in boys that didn't last long, once they became men.
Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but, most of all, endurance.
One of the things young people always ask me about is what is the secret to success. The secret is there is no secret. It's the basics. Blocking and tackling.
Good is the enemy of great.. The vast majority of good companies remain just that - good, but not great.
I've been blessed to find people who are smarter than I am, and they help me to execute the vision I have.
The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
By far, the best moment of my big league career was when I caught the last out at the World Series.
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