Keep your weather eye open, and sing out every time.
Interpretation
Stay alert and proactive in your endeavors.
This quote emphasizes the importance of being observant and responsive to one's surroundings. It suggests that by maintaining awareness and vocalizing our thoughts or concerns, we can better navigate challenges and seize opportunities as they arise.
In practice
In a motivational speech encouraging teamwork, one might say this quote to inspire vigilance and participation.
So in 1987 I gave up all animal products and became a vegan. Simply so that I could eat and live in accordance with my beliefs that animals have their own lives, that they're entitled to their own lives and that contributing to animal suffering is something that I don't want to be a part of.
But when a manβs religion becomes really frantic; when it is a positive torment to him; and in fine, makes this earth of ours an uncomfortable inn to lodge in; then I think it high time to take that individual aside and argue the point with him.
I love to be busy. I'm envious of people who are able to take their spare time and relax. All I like to do is work. Perhaps it's lingering Calvinist guilt?
There might be a lot of difference between Republicans and Democrats on key social issues like women's rights and health care. But when it comes to taking corporate cash, they're pretty much the same beast.
And if we obey God, we must disobey ourselves, and it is in this disobeying ourselves, wherein the hardness of obeying God consists.
It's heartbreaking that so many hundreds of millions of people around the world are desperate for the right to vote, but here in America people stay home on election day.
The special ops guys and the firefighters around the world have this great phrase. They say, 'Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast,' and that is true. Everything I've accomplished in my life has been because of that attitude.
We don't need heroes so much as recognizing ourselves as heroes.
I'm always trying to push myself to the limit to see what I can do. It's my strong will that I've always had since I was a kid.
If you don't love what you're doing with unbridled passion and enthusiasm, you're not going to succeed when you hit obstacles.
Be active! Take on responsibility! Work for the things you believe in. If you do not, you are surrendering your fate to others.
Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too. Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.
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