Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.
Robert W. ServiceRead
It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.
Interpretation
Consistency and perseverance lead to success over time.
This quote emphasizes the importance of steady effort and determination in achieving long-term success. It suggests that those who persistently work towards their goals, even in a quiet and unassuming manner, ultimately prevail in the challenges of life.
In practice
You can use this quote to inspire students in a graduation speech about long-term goals.
Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.
I like to think that when I fall, A rain-drop in Death's shoreless sea, This shelf of books along the wall, Beside my bed, will mourn for me.
The happy man is he who knows his limitations, yet bows to no false gods.
Ah! the clock is always slow; it is later than you think.
Our breath is brief, and being so Let's make our heaven here below, And lavish kindness as we go.
Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.
In speaking to you men of the greatest city of the West, men of the state which gave to the country Lincoln and Grant, men who preeminently and distinctly embody all that is most American in the American character, I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.
Find something you love to do. If you don't make money at it, at least you love going to work.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
I do not know the word 'quit.' Either I never did, or I have abolished it.
The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
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