I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
Barbara BushRead
You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.
Interpretation
Success is a result of deliberate effort and building relationships rather than mere chance.
This quote emphasizes that achieving success and forming meaningful relationships is not simply a matter of luck; rather, it requires intentional effort and a step-by-step approach. Whether in personal or professional life, one must actively cultivate connections and seize opportunities through dedication and hard work.
In practice
In a motivational speech about career growth.
I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
Your success as a family... our success as a nation... depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
By the time a player becomes a Grandmaster, almost all of his training time is dedicated to work on this first phase. The opening is the only phase that holds out the potential for true creativity and doing something entirely new.
Someone is out there looking to put you out of business. Someone is out there who thinks they have a better idea than you have. A better solution than you have. A better or more efficient product than you have.
When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
Good luck is the willing handmaid of upright, energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
Sound strategy starts with having the right goal
It is necessary to prepare and to plan so that we donβt fritter away our lives. Without a goal, there can be no real success. One of the best definitions of success I have ever heard goes something like this: success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal. Someone has said the trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never cross the goal line.
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