There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free.
Interpretation
The human spirit possesses limitless potential when it is liberated from constraints.
This quote emphasizes the vast and untapped potential within every individual. When people are freed from limitations, whether they be societal, emotional, or self-imposed, they can unleash incredible creativity, strength, and resilience, enabling them to achieve greatness and make profound changes in their lives and communities.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to encourage individuals in a workshop.
It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.
Much of our American progress has been the product of the individual who had an idea; pursued it; fashioned it; tenaciously clung to it against all odds; and then produced it, sold it, and profited from it.
We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.
You cannot go around and keep score. If you keep score on the good things and the bad things, you'll find out that you're a very miserable person. God gave man the ability to forget, which is one of the greatest attributes you have. Because if you remember everything that's happened to you, you generally remember that which is the most unfortunate.
Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy.
The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a mater-architect; in execution, the labors of many.
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know.
There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
Our work has only begun. In our time we have an historic opportunity to shape a global balance of power that favors freedom and that will therefore deepen and extend the peace. And I use the word power broadly, because even more important than military and indeed economic power is the power of ideas, the power of compassion, and the power of hope.
There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.
I dream of an India that is prosperous, strong and caring. An India, that regains a place of honour in the comity of great nations.
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