Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
Interpretation
Progress today ensures a better tomorrow.
This quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson emphasizes the importance of taking action in the present as a means to secure a brighter future. It suggests that the efforts and advancements we make today are what will shape our tomorrow, encouraging individuals to embrace proactive behaviors and continuous improvement in their lives.
In practice
In a motivational speech to inspire a team to work on their projects.
It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
You gotta know that you're better than anybody, 'cause to me, if you don't go in like that, you're gonna lose! They're gonna punk you out! On any stage, court, business venture, on the anchor desk - whatever. You've got to go in believing, 'I can do this better than anybody.'
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
To really be conscious of how long the journey is, be patient, push yourself, persevere, and always be working on your craft while waiting for your break. That's what I'm still working on, having done this for 20 years now.
I'm prouder of my weight loss than my Oscar! I hope it has inspired people.
Remember that your dominating focus attracts, through a definite law of nature, by the shortest and most convenient route, their physical counterpart. Be careful of what you focus on.
Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else.
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