Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations.
Les BrownRead
Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.
Interpretation
Life gains significance through motivation and the pursuit of goals.
This quote emphasizes that life is enriched when individuals find their motivation and actively pursue their objectives with determination and resilience. It suggests that a clear set of goals, combined with an unstoppable drive, gives purpose and direction to one's existence, highlighting the importance of personal agency in creating a meaningful life.
In practice
In a motivational speech about achieving dreams.
Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations.
Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.
Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today.
You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.
A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.
You might find it necessary to 'snap' out of your mental inertia, moving slowly at first, then increasing your speed, until you gain complete control over your will. Be persistent no matter how slowly you may, at first, have to move. With persistence will come success.
If you hesitate to map out your future, to make a big plan or to set a goal, you've just gone ahead and mapped your future anyway.
But no one can lose sight of what he desires. Even if there are moments when he believes the world and the others are stronger. The secret is this: do not surrender.
Don't give up on your ideals. Don't compromise. Don't turn to expediency. And for heaven's sake . . . don't get cynical.
Never give up your power to another person.
You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.
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