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Harry Emerson Fosdick1878–1969

One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world — making the most of one’s best.

Harry Emerson Fosdick on motivation and goals

Statement of 1937 or earlier, as quoted in The New Speaker’s Treasury of Wit and Wisdom (1958) edited by Herbert Victor Prochnow

Motivation & Goals

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A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
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I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
Riverside Sermons (1958), p. 22
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He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end.
Living Under Tension (1941), p. 111
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