The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.
Interpretation
The true achievement lies in having the courage to begin a challenge rather than just completing it.
This quote emphasizes the importance of courage in initiating action. Many people may find it daunting to start something new, but the real miracle is not only in the completion of a task but in the willingness to take that initial step, overcoming fear and doubt in the process.
In practice
In a motivational speech to encourage startup entrepreneurs.
If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run.
I have undertaken vengeance. I want Liberty and Equality to reign in Saint-Domingue. I work to bring them into existence. Unite yourselves to us, brothers, and fight with us for the same cause.
There’s no way I’m going to put myself through Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting for their country.
It is impossible to fight bullies merely by saying they're going too far.
There wasn't a game in the Eighties when you didn't get racial abuse as a black player.
It takes courage not only to make decisions, but to live with those decisions afterward
I got no quarrel with them Vietcong.
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