Men who never get carried away should be.
Interpretation
It's important to embrace passion and enthusiasm in life.
Malcolm Forbes suggests that those who remain too grounded and never allow themselves to be swept away by emotions or experiences may miss out on the richness of life. Getting carried away can lead to discovering deep joys and inspirations that routine thinking might overlook.
In practice
This quote could be used during a motivational speech about embracing new experiences.
Over the years, I've evolved a somewhat heretical but time-and mind-saving approach to books, articles, editorials that deal with weighty matters. More often than not, by beginning at the end and contemplating the conclusions, one can determine if it's worth going through the whole to get there.
Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.
To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness.
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
If you never budge, don't expect a push.
It's never a good deal when only one party thinks it is.
Those who think they 'know' from the beginning will never in fact _x000D_ come to know anything.
It is better to be an outcast, a stranger in oneβs own country, than an outcast from oneβs self. It is better to see what is about to befall us and to resist than to retreat into the fantasies embraced by a nation of the blind.
Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest.
Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight For the greatest tragedy of them all Is never to feel the burning light.
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.
Things are always better in the morning.
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