As we are, so we do; and as we do, so is it done to us; we are the builders of our fortunes.
Interpretation
Our actions shape our destiny, and we have the power to create our own future.
This quote emphasizes the idea that our thoughts and actions directly influence our lives and outcomes. Ralph Waldo Emerson suggests that we are not merely passive recipients of fortune; instead, we actively participate in constructing our fate through the choices we make and the actions we take.
In practice
This quote can be used during a motivational speech to inspire individuals to take charge of their lives.
It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
The only choice that leads small business owners to real success in their endeavors is the one that requires real thought. Understanding and building the systems they need within their company to afford them a framework of organization that can scale the business from a company of one to a company of one thousand.
No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
How you start is important, very important, but in the end it is how you finish that counts. It is easier to be a self-starter than a self-finisher. The victor in the race is not the one who dashes off swiftest but the one who leads at the finish. In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina. The sticker outlasts the sprinter in life's race. In America we breed many hares but not so many tortoises.
We worked personally with a lot of great VCs. They just work incredibly hard at supporting entrepreneurs and their companies.
Integrity is at the heart of commerce in the world in which we live. Honesty and integrity comprise the very underpinnings of society.....Indeed, the strength and safety of any organization-including the family-lie in the integrity of its members. Without personal integrity, there can be no confidence. Without confidence, there can be no prospect of permanent success.
I think the reason I was successful is that I was never cynical.
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