None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
Henry David ThoreauRead
If the work is high and far, _x000D_ You must not only aim aright, _x000D_ But draw the bow with all your might.
Interpretation
Achieving great goals requires focused effort and determination.
This quote by Henry David Thoreau emphasizes the importance of not only setting high aspirations but also putting forth maximum effort to achieve them. It suggests that true success demands both precise aim and unwavering commitment to overcome challenges and reach one's objectives.
In practice
During a motivational speech to students about the importance of hard work.
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
Have no mean hours, but be grateful for every hour, and accept what it brings. The reality will make any sincere record respectable.
As every season seems best to us in its turn, so the coming in of spring is like the creation of Cosmos out of Chaos and the realization of the Golden Age.
That grand old poem called Winter
Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
Believe and you're halfway there.
When you learn to keep fighting in the face of potential failure, it gives you a larger skill set to do what you want to do in life. It gives you vision. But you can't acquire it if you're afraid of keeping score.
It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if I sink on the way over? What if I meet pirates? What if I never come back?' He wouldn't even have started.
I honor God that much in the way I play. That's why I never believe in getting tired. I don't even know what that word means.
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