The wildest colts make the best horses.
Interpretation
Those who are naturally untamed or rebellious may grow to become the most strong and capable individuals.
This quote suggests that individuals who exhibit wild or unruly behavior, much like young colts, often possess great potential and strength. With the right guidance and experience, they can be transformed into remarkable leaders or achievers, just as wild horses, when tamed, can become powerful and skilled riding horses.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to highlight the importance of embracing individuality.
Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. So, as portrait painters are more exact in doing the face, where the character is revealed, than the rest of the body, I must be allowed to give my more particular attention to the marks of the souls of men.
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.
Come back with your shield - or on it
The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.
For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
Our senses through ignorance of Reality, falsely tell us that what appears to be, is. FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real
By watching the mechanics of the mind, you step out of its resistance patterns, and you can then allow the present moment to be.
In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also make up my mind about whether a business proposal excites me within about thirty seconds of looking at it. I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.
Nimble thought can jump both sea and land.
Honest error is to be pitied not ridiculed.
To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
People, unless they're paying attention, tend to confuse fanciness with intelligence or authority.
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