Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.
Interpretation
Act with integrity and awareness, as if your actions are on display for everyone to see.
This quote by Thomas Jefferson emphasizes the importance of accountability and mindfulness in our actions. It suggests that we should carry out our duties and make decisions as if we are being observed, encouraging a standard of excellence and integrity in everything we do.
In practice
During a team meeting, you might quote this to inspire your colleagues to act with integrity.
The firmness with which the (American) people have withstood the... abuses of the press, the discernment they have manifested between truth and falsehood, show that they may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false and to form a correct judgment between them.
I, place economy among the first & most important republican virtues, & public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared
βWe must make our choice between economy and liberty or confusion and servitude...If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and comforts, in our labor and in our amusements...if we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people, under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.
Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack. To preserve it in that, will require unremitting vigilance.
A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
Greatness is helping others realize they are great, beautiful and capable. Genius is seeing the wonder and possibility in those others ignore.
Don't use your words to describe the situation. Use your words to change the situation.
My motto is very personal and may not fit anyone else or any other company. It is: Don't do anything that someone else can do. Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.
I don't play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I'm breaking out of jail!
A bright future beckons. The onus is on us, through hard work, honesty and integrity, to reach for the stars.
When you raise your opinion of yourself and what you are capable of it has a decided influence on what you do.
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