If you never budge, don't expect a push.
Interpretation
Change requires effort; if you don't make a move, you won't see results.
This quote emphasizes the necessity of taking action and making changes in order to achieve desired outcomes. It suggests that without proactive behavior and a willingness to adapt, one cannot expect external forces to provide assistance or drive progress in their life.
In practice
Using this quote in a motivational speech to inspire employees to take initiative.
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.
It's never a good deal when only one party thinks it is.
How would you know what happy is if you've never been otherwise.
I've learned you can always achieve more than you thought you could. There are moments when I've walked off the court, and I'm like, 'I don't know how I won that match.' It was actually impossible, but it happened, and then you realize that you can push yourself much further than you ever thought, and you can make the impossible happen.
I have to believe that somebody up there thinks I've still got some work to do.
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Itβs OK to get butterfly in your stomach; the key is to learn how to make them fly in formation.
Difficulties seldom defeat people; lack of faith in themselves usually does it.
Always focus on your effort, instead of the results of that effort.
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