Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others.
Interpretation
This quote encourages individuals to focus on creating value rather than merely seeking quick profits through transactions.
Martin Sheen emphasizes the importance of contributing meaningfully to the world through creation rather than relying on the easy gains obtained from exploiting others' trades. He advocates for a life filled with purpose and genuine production, suggesting that true fulfillment comes from crafting something of value rather than just engaging in superficial exchanges.
In practice
In a motivational speech about entrepreneurship.
Childhood hunger in America is as much a paradox as it is a tragedy. Why, in the wealthiest country in the world, should hunger darken the lives and dreams of 12 million children and their families? I believe that, when Americans learn the facts and understand how their involvement can make a difference, banishing childhood hunger will be a national, local and personal priority.
While acting is what I do for a living, activism is what I do to stay alive.
I am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom and serve as best I can in the time I have, with this gift I've been given.
When I reached adulthood, even now, I could afford to belong to a country club. But I could never belong to a private club because of my experience as a child, because it would isolate me from the whole of humanity.
Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting.
My recovery is the single greatest accomplishment of my life. Without that, the rest of my life would have fallen apart.
The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
As counterintuitive as it sounds, 'speed to fail' should be every entrepreneur's motto. Success isn't born wholly-formed like Venus from a clamshell; it's developed through relentless trial and error.
Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.
When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
The great ones have the ability to focus and tune everything else out and see more than the others. Average quarterbacks have tunnel vision. They see what's in front of them. The better you get, the more that tunnel expands, and the more guys on the field you see.
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