This is a world of action, and not moping and droning in.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of taking action rather than being passive or stuck in negative thoughts.
Charles Dickens highlights the necessity of being proactive and engaged in life, suggesting that success and fulfillment come from taking action rather than wallowing in self-pity or inaction. The quote serves as a reminder that participation and effort are crucial to making the most of our experiences.
In practice
In a motivational speech to encourage youth to pursue their dreams.
I recollected one story there was in the village, how that on a certain night in the year (it might be that very night for anything I knew), all the dead people came out of the ground and sat at the heads of their own graves till morning.
A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away-the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us-is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow.
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.
There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.
You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer,” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.
Christmas is a poor excuse every 25th of December to pick a man's pockets.
Act the part and you will become the part.
Faith doesn't mean you don't have to do the work; it just means you're absolutely certain the work will pay off.
You realize how hard it is to get there, but don't lose sight that the goal is to win a championship.
To reach the height of our ambition is like trying to reach the rainbow; as we advance it recedes.
It is not your aptitude, but your attitude, that determines your altitude.
One thing is certain: That is that the power of belief, the power of thought, will move reality in the direction of what we believe and conceive of it. If you really believe you can do something, you can. That is a fact.
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