To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.
Interpretation
Being realistic today involves seeing beyond current limitations to envision a better future.
This quote by Hubert H. Humphrey suggests that true realism goes hand-in-hand with visionary thinking. It implies that simply accepting the status quo limits our potential, while being realistic requires us to dream big and aspire for a future that may seem unattainable at present. Thus, to embrace realism is to cultivate a mindset that challenges conventional thinking and encourages progress.
In practice
This quote can inspire a team meeting focused on developing innovative solutions.
It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.
Much of our American progress has been the product of the individual who had an idea; pursued it; fashioned it; tenaciously clung to it against all odds; and then produced it, sold it, and profited from it.
We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.
You cannot go around and keep score. If you keep score on the good things and the bad things, you'll find out that you're a very miserable person. God gave man the ability to forget, which is one of the greatest attributes you have. Because if you remember everything that's happened to you, you generally remember that which is the most unfortunate.
Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy.
The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a mater-architect; in execution, the labors of many.
Mankind's real moral test, a test so radical and so deep that it escapes our gaze, is probably the one of its relations with those that are the most at its mercy; the Animals.
That will not be the time for choosing: it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realized it before or not. Now, today, this moment, is out chance to chose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It will not last forever. We must take it or leave it.
Diwali means to be in the present, so drop the regrets of the past and the worries of the future and live in the moment. It is a time to forget the bickering and negativities that have happened through the year. It is a time when you throw light on the wisdom you have gained and welcome a new beginning.
Every religion is goodβevery religion is true to him who in his good caution and conscience believes it.
Once a man is united to God, how could he not live forever?
The first proof of charity in a priest, and especially a bishop, is poverty.
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