To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.
Interpretation
Success requires active effort and determination rather than passivity.
This quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of taking decisive action to achieve one's goals. Instead of waiting or remaining stagnant, one must actively engage in the process of striving towards a destination, symbolized by 'sailing' towards a port. It serves as a reminder that reaching our objectives is often a dynamic journey requiring focus and initiative.
In practice
In a motivational speech to inspire students to pursue their dreams.
There has been one persistent theme through all Axis propaganda. This theme has been that Americans are admittedly rich, that Americans have considerable industrial power - but that Americans are soft and decadent, that they cannot and will not unite and work and fight. ... Let them tell that to the Marines!
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.
Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
A world turned into a stereotype, a society converted into a regiment, a life translated into a routine, make it difficult for either art or artists to survive. Crush individuality in society and you crush art as well. Nourish the conditions of a free life and you nourish the arts, too.
Once the Choice is Made, Do Not Look Back, Do Not Second-Guess Your Decisions
Don't just buy a new video game, make one. _x000D_ Don't just download the latest app, help design it. _x000D_ Don't just play on your phone, program it.
To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training.
My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.
If you never budge, don't expect a push.
Build it, and they will come" only works in the movies. Social Media is a "build it, nurture it, engage them, and they may come and stay.
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