A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.
Pearl BaileyRead
You never find yourself until you face the truth.
Interpretation
Authenticity is achieved by confronting reality and being honest with oneself.
This quote emphasizes the importance of self-discovery through honesty. By facing the truth about our lives, emotions, and experiences, we can uncover our true selves and grow as individuals. It suggests that self-awareness and personal growth come from acknowledging reality, no matter how challenging it may be.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal growth.
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.
Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.
There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it.
The fact is that it takes more than ingredients and technique to cook a good meal. A good cook puts something of himself into the preparation - he cooks with enjoyment, anticipation, spontaneity, and he is willing to experiment.
I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.
What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.
To ward off alienation and gloom, it is only necessary to remember the unremembered heroes of the past, and to look around us for the unnoticed heroes of the present.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
To beguile the time, look like the time. Bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue.
Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.
Liberty of speech invites and provokes liberty to be used again, and so bringeth much to a man's knowledge.
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