Never sell tomorrow short. There's plenty to get excited about. Be filled with expectation, hope and confidence. Believe something good is going to happen - and it usually will.
Robert H. SchullerRead
Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.
Interpretation
Keep pushing forward despite challenges, as they may become more manageable over time.
This quote emphasizes the importance of perseverance in the face of difficulties. It suggests that while obstacles may seem daunting at present, they will often diminish in size and difficulty as time progresses and as one continues to strive and press on, leading to personal growth and resilience.
In practice
During a motivational speech to inspire students facing exams.
Never sell tomorrow short. There's plenty to get excited about. Be filled with expectation, hope and confidence. Believe something good is going to happen - and it usually will.
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
Every achiever that I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me'.
Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest.
When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome. Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment. What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?
What appears to be the end of the road may simply be a bend in the road.
Sure, I could give advice; I could, say, travel the world, listen to music. But all I can really say is do something you want to do and do it well. And if you want to be a choreographer, then you have to make dances.
It takes energy, mental toughness and spiritual reinforcement to successfully deal with life's opportunities, and to reach your objectives.
That's what it's all about. It doesn't matter if you climbed the Eiger's north face in two hours and forty-seven minutes or in two days. If it's your challenge, and you're happy with it, that's the most important thing.
My faith is so strong that I believe that God made me 5-11 for a reason. For all the kids that have been told, no, that they can't do it, or all the kids that will be told no.
Observation of my life to date shows that the larger the number for whom I work, the more positively effective I become. Thus, it is obvious that if I work always and only for all humanity, I will be optimally effective.
You want to get to the top of the cliff. But that's not what you focus on immediately. You focus on the next ledge just beyond your reach, because you need to do one clever thing to get up there. And then, once you get there, you do it again. A lot of this is rather boring and not very glamorous. But you can't jump cliffs in a single bound.
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