Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
Interpretation
Focus on making a positive impact rather than just achieving status or wealth.
This quote emphasizes the importance of contributing value to society and the lives of others instead of merely chasing success as defined by typical societal standards such as money or fame. By prioritizing value, individuals are more likely to find fulfillment and create lasting positive change.
In practice
Motivational speech for a business conference.
I cannot then believe in this concept of an anthropomorphic God who has the powers of interfering with these natural laws. As I said before, the most beautiful and most profound religious emotion that we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. And this mysticality is the power of all true science.
If I would follow your advice and Jesus could perceive it, he, as a Jewish teacher, surely would not approve of such behavior.
I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.
In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.
I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
To me the worst thing seems to be a school principally to work with methods of fear, force and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity and the self-confidence of pupils and produces a subservient subject.
One thing I always say is being a great chef today is not enough - you have to be a great businessman.
He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.
When I played cricket for the West Indies, I never worried. I never really watched anyone else. I had a job to do, and I tried to do it to the best of my ability.
Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
He had slipped, climbed, rolled, searched, walked, persevered, that is all. Such is the secret of all triumphs.
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