Be persistent, and hang on to your vision. And at the same time, be flexible.
Interpretation
Stay committed to your goals while also being adaptable to change.
This quote emphasizes the importance of persistence in pursuing one's vision or goals while also recognizing that flexibility is crucial. It suggests that while determination is key to success, one must also be willing to adjust their plans and strategies in response to new information or changing circumstances.
In practice
In a motivational speech to a team facing challenges in a project.
Leaders, whether in the public or the private sphere, must understand the responsibilities that come with their role. They are the most visible standard-bearers of their organizations. Holding them accountable to this responsibility protects the promise of our organizations and our communities.
The same instincts that make us good students can make us lousy entrepreneurs.
The entrepreneurial journey starts with jumping off a cliff and assembling an airplane on the way down.
Any effort to make the death penalty speedier and less costly - more 'efficient' - will inevitably make it less just.
I've long believed that if you're not embarrassed by your first product release, you've released too late.
Good ideas need good strategy to realize their potential.
I'm tough on myself in terms of the standards I want to live up to, but that's also part of my pleasure: Knowing you are being your fullest self. Being your fullest self is a lot of work.
I played six to 10 hours a day, every day, 90 days during the summer, and I'd do incredible things. I would dribble blindfolded in the house. I would take my basketball to bed with me, I'd lay there after my mother kissed and tucked me in, and I'd shoot the ball up in the air and say, 'Finger tip control, backspin, follow through.
When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou has passed through.
Faith becomes a bridge between where I am and where I want to go- it is a substance.
What I enjoy most is doing something I've never done before.
We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure.
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