In everything one must consider the end.
Jean De La FontaineRead
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
Interpretation
When someone is truly passionate about something, they can overcome any obstacles.
This quote suggests that human beings have an innate ability to conquer challenges and make the impossible possible when they are driven by passion and inspiration. It emphasizes the transformative power of enthusiasm and the strength that arises when individuals are committed to a cause that ignites their spirit.
In practice
Motivational speeches at conferences highlighting the power of passion.
In everything one must consider the end.
Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
For years, I believed that anything worth doing was worth doing early. In graduate school, I submitted my dissertation two years in advance. In college, I wrote my papers weeks early and finished my thesis four months before the due date. My roommates joked that I had a productive form of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
If you are different, or you have minimum possibilities, you can still succeed. I am living proof of that.
Start wide, expand further, and never look back.
When the doubters tell you it can't be done and all kind of tragedies will come your way, I say nonsense. If you can get to the very root of who you are and make something happen from it, my sense tells me you are going to surprise yourself.
If you don't have a mountain, build one and then climb it. And after you climb it, build another one; otherwise you start to flatline in your life.
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