I was an only child and I had a mother and father who were just - there wasn't a straight man in the house, and I mean that in a very nice way. They were fun, and we would laugh a lot.
Betty WhiteRead
You gotta use everything you possibly can!
Interpretation
Make the most of your resources and opportunities.
This quote by Betty White emphasizes the importance of utilizing all available resources and opportunities to achieve success. It encourages individuals to embrace creativity and resourcefulness in their endeavors, highlighting that every little bit helps when striving for excellence.
In practice
In a team meeting when discussing project planning.
I was an only child and I had a mother and father who were just - there wasn't a straight man in the house, and I mean that in a very nice way. They were fun, and we would laugh a lot.
Don't try to be young. Just open your mind. Stay interested in stuff. There are so many things I won't live long enough to find out about, but I'm still curious about them. You know people who are already saying, 'I'm going to be 30 - oh, what am I going to do?' Well, use that decade! Use them all!
Animals don't lie. Animals don't criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.
I have my golden retriever now, Pontiac. He's a career-change guide dog from Guide Dogs for the Blind.
When I pontificate, it sounds so, you know, Oh, well, she's preaching. I'm not preaching, but I think maybe I learned it from my animal friends. Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself. I think that keeps you feeling young. I really do.
I'm a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.
Let your joy be in your journey, not in some distant goal.
Surround yourself with people who add the fuel of advice and encouragement to your fire.
If something's not impossible, there must be a way of doing it.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
You need never be discouraged or afraid. The way through difficulties has always been prepared for you, and you will find it if you exercise faith.
Vigor is contagious, and whatever makes us either think or feel strongly adds to our power and enlarges our field of action.
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