No one has a prosperity so high and firm that two or three words can't dishearten it.
Interpretation
Words can significantly impact a person's state of prosperity and morale.
This quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson emphasizes the vulnerability of even the most prosperous individuals to negative words or criticism. It suggests that regardless of one's success or stability, the power of language can dishearten and demoralize, reminding us of the importance of kindness and the influential nature of our words.
In practice
During a motivational speech, one might cite this quote to illustrate the importance of supportive language.
It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
Between the difficulties, one hides the opportunity
Really, every woman is an example to me, because as women we go through so much pain. We have to live this perfect life when we are messed up inside. We all go through trials and tribulations.
If the Lord should give you power to raise the dead, He would give much less than He does when he bestows suffering. By miracles you would make yourself debtor to Him, while by suffering He may become debtor to you. And even if sufferings had no other reward than being able to bear something for that God who loves you, is not this a great reward and a sufficient remuneration? Whoever loves, understands what I say.
Accepting does not necessarily mean liking, enjoying, condoning. I can accept what is-and be determined to evolve from there. It is not acceptance but denial that leaves me stuck.
People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk.
The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.
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