What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
George Bernard ShawRead
The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.
Interpretation
Taking action opens up many opportunities, while merely reacting limits our potential.
This quote by George Bernard Shaw emphasizes the importance of making deliberate choices and taking proactive steps in life. Instead of merely responding to circumstances or allowing external factors to dictate our actions, by deciding to act, we unlock countless opportunities and pathways that can lead to personal and professional growth.
In practice
During a motivational speech to inspire action among team members.
What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us.
Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!
Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the chain were broken and the prisoners left free to choose, the whole social fabric would fly asunder. You cannot have the argument both ways. If the prisoner is happy, why lock him in? If he is not, why pretend that he is?
Treat a friend as a person who may someday become your enemy; an enemy as a person who may someday become your friend.
The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.
I fully intend to preach the word of God to you until there's a difference between how you walk out of here and how you walked in here.
The whole world, from the least to the greatest, must know the truth, so that man may understand the great laws that govern his life. He must learn to control his own destiny, to heal his own body and bring happiness to his own soul.
Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation’. You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no ‘writer’s lifestyle’. All that matters is what you leave on the page.
Knowledge talks, wisdom listens.
Let each hour of the day have its allotted duty, and cultivate that power of concentration which grows with its exercise.
. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we should study. If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed . . . so long as our manners and principles remain sound, there is no danger.
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