When we are young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience, so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape.
Louise ErdrichRead
People look with sympathetic eyes only at the blossom and the fruit, and disregard the long period of transition during which the one is ripening into the other.
Interpretation
What this quote means
People often admire success while overlooking the hard work and time it takes to achieve it.
This quote highlights the tendency of people to only appreciate the final outcomes, such as beauty and success, without recognizing the lengthy and often challenging journey that leads to those results. It emphasizes the importance of acknowledging the effort and transformation involved in achieving notable milestones.
Themes
SuccessJourneyEffortTransformationAppreciation
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about persistence and hard work.
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