I want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still be for you. I want to inspire you to see that you can go far beyond where you are right now.
Interpretation
This quote encourages self-excitement and the potential for growth beyond current circumstances.
Virginia Satir's quote reflects the importance of self-acceptance and enthusiasm for one’s own identity and circumstances. She emphasizes that individuals should embrace who they are and what they possess while inspiring them to recognize their vast potential for growth and achievement, suggesting that there is always more to aspire to and achieve.
In practice
Using this quote in a motivational speech to encourage self-growth.
Over the years I have developed a picture of what a human being living humanely is like. She is a person who understand, values and develops her body, finding it beautiful and useful; a person who is real and is willing to take risks, to be creative, to manifest competence, to change when the situation calls for it, and to find ways to accommodate to what is new and different, keeping that part of the old that is still useful and discarding what is not.
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Greatness is not a measure of how great you are but how great others came to be because of you
Little by little, not without astonishment, I rediscovered the great names of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, who had been the master thinkers of my grandfather and other Mexican liberals. They did no offer me a doctrine or a catechism: they were and they are a source, an inspiration.
The most inspirational man I knew only reached his potential by helping a child reach his.
The first time I tried on Shang-Chi's superhero suit - Marvel has never had an Asian lead, so that was such a rare and impactful moment, for me as an actor but also for people who look like me. I nearly cried. It was so emotional.
We've survived by believing our life is going to get better.
I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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