If we don't get to a higher place and find somebody who can help somebody might be nobody no more.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker urges seeking improvement and help to avoid becoming irrelevant or forgotten.
- In plain terms
- We need to improve and help each other to matter.
- What can you take from it?
- Mutual help prevents becoming insignificant.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you define worth?
- Who helps you rise?
Another view
It equates value with usefulness to others.
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