Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.
- Topic: Passion, Thinking
- Location: Glacier National Park, Lake McDonald
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.
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An irresistible passion that would induce me to believe in innate ideas and the truth of prophecy has decided my career. I have always loved liberty with the enthusiasm which actuates the religious man with the passion of a lover and with the conviction of a geometrician.
To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Pleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness.
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
Why has government been instituted? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason & justice without constraint.
And, more importantly, reach for the stars. And realize that it is never too late—not now, not ever—for you to pursue you passion, your pursuit of perfection. And most importantly, your perseverance for making it happen.
You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.
The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.
An hour of planning can say you 10 hours of doing.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.
Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.
Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.
