A rising tide (of enthusiasm) lifts all boats (spirits)!!!

"A rising tide lifts all boats" is an?aphorism?associated with the idea that an improved?economy?will benefit all participants and that?economic policy, particularly government economic policy, should therefore focus on?broad economic efforts.

The phrase is commonly attributed to?John F, Kennedy who used it in a 1963 speech to combat criticisms that a dam project he was inaugurating was a?pork-barrel project.?

It is not such a great stretch, to apply this to human endeavour, whereas your life will be vastly improved by increasing your enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it. People can learn to become positive thinkers, and as a result, their lives take on new meaning. They are more successful in their jobs. Enthusiasm lifts them to higher levels.

Having carefully observed people over many years, I am convinced that the fortunate individuals who achieve the most in life are invariably activated by enthusiasm. Dr Norman Vincent Peale

“Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, energetic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm”?Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I say to myself that I shall try to make my life like an open fireplace, so that people may be warmed and cheered by it and so go out themselves to warm and cheer.” —George Matthew Adams

I want our people to be like a molave tree, strong and resilient, standing on the hillsides, unafraid of the?rising tide, lighting and the storm, confident of its strength. —?Manuel L. Quezon

When an enlightened person appears, the Way echoes like the majestic sound of the?rising tide. When the tide rises, all false views are swept away. —?Thich Nhat Hanh

Chief Gray of the Osage Nation said, "Today, our neighbors are beginning to understand that when tribes are strong, everyone benefits. A?rising tide?lifts all boats. This has been done, not on the white man's terms, but on our own. It's not revenge, it's rebirth, and as our elders say, it is good." This —?Nalo Hopkinson

She was floating as the sea of pleasure took her out upon its?rising tide?and when she became aware of herself again it was to the feel of Zac behind her, supporting her weight by holding her under her arms. (Barely Restrained, 2011) —?Brenda Cothern

I have to understand the nature of change. And I cannot just work with stone or the more permanent materials. I need to work with leaves and ice and snow and mud and clay and water and the?rising tide?and the wind and all these. —?Andy Goldsworthy

Among a?rising tide?of millions of Christians, how we label ourselves isn't nearly as important as how we actually experience and demonstrate Yeshua's incredible power in and as us, beginning with the power to love our enemies. To us, this is what it means to know God and the One He sent. Words only reflect an intellectual dogma, but the expression of our lives shows our true dogma, which matters far more. —?Ted Dekker

I firmly believe a?rising tide?lifts all boats. I think having Airbus only grows and brings more attention to Alabama's entire aerospace and aviation industry. Listen, my goal is to bring good-paying jobs to our state and our region, regardless of what the company may be. —?Bradley Byrne

You can mark in desire the rising of the tide, as the appetite more and more invades the personality, appealing, as it does, not merely to the sensory side of the self, but to its ideal components as well. —?Samuel Alexander

As you raise your personal chi level, the?rising tide?of high energy may correct underlying deficiencies. —?Catherine Carrigan

A rising economic tide is bad for people who live off of the poverty of others. —?Jonah Goldberg

Despite a conducive environment and comforting faith, there is unease among the rooms' inhabitants, a?rising tide?of something close to fear. They know that a terrible ghost is abroad in the cloisters of Microsoft. —?Glyn Moody

We find ourselves facing a?rising tide?of biologically active, synthetic organic chemicals. Some tinker with our hormones. Some attach themselves to our chromosomes and trigger mutations. Some cripple the immune system. Some light up our genes and so enhance the production of certain enzymes. If we could metabolize these chemicals into completely benign breakdown products and excrete them, they would pose less of a hazard. Instead, a good many of them accumulate. —?Sandra Steingraber

Look back over the last hundred years and you'll see the pattern. During periods when the very rich took home a much smaller proportion of total income - as in the Great Prosperity between 1947 and 1977 - the nation as a whole grew faster, and median wages surged. The basic bargain ensured that the pay of American workers coincided with their output. In effect, the vast middle class received an increasing share of the benefits of economic growth. We created that virtuous cycle in which an ever-growing middle class had the ability to consume more goods and services, which created more and better jobs, thereby stoking demand. The?rising tide?did in fact lift all boats. On the other hand, during periods when the very rich took home a larger proportion - as between 1918 and 1933, and during the Great Regression from 1981 to the present day - growth slowed, median wages stagnated, and we suffered giant downturns. —?Robert B. Reich

By international standards, many of the U.K.'s policies for civil society are exemplary. However, there are concerns about constraints on civil liberties - particularly restrictions on free assembly and about the?rising tide?of everyday regulation that has seriously impeded community activity - from organising street parties to helping children. —?Geoff Mulgan

Big Brother is not the only danger facing the country. Another is the?rising tide?of distrust, the corrosive spread of cynicism, the fraying of the social fabric and the rise of people who are so individualistic in their outlook that they have no real understanding of how to knit others together and look after the common good. —?David Brooks

There's a?rising tide?of environmental awareness and activism among consumers that's going to continue to swell in the 21st century. Smart companies will get ahead of that wave and ride it to success and prosperity. Those that don't are headed for a wipeout. —?William Clay Ford Jr.

In most bull markets there comes a time when the public controls fluctuations and the efforts of the largest operators are insufficient to check the?rising tide. —?Charles Dow

It's a combination of targeting higher paying jobs in these growth areas and fostering closer cooperation with higher education; a?rising tide?that lifts all boats. —?John Hoeven

As they say on my own Cape Cod, a?rising tide?lifts all the boats. And a partnership, by definition, serves both partners, without domination or unfair advantage. Together we have been partners in adversity let us also be partners in prosperity. —?John F. Kennedy

Online education is like a?rising tide, it's going to lift all boats, —?Anant Agarwal

He had no idea that the world was entering an economic depression, or that hard times bring recriminations and blame. Privately, Harry's parents worried not just about the economy, but about the?rising tide?of nationalism and anti-Semitism. —?Robert M. Edsel

The idea behind Reaganomics is this: a?rising tide?lifts all yachts. —?Walter F. Mondale

The real power of the Buddha was that he had so much love. He saw people trapped in their notions of the small separate self, feeling guilty or proud of that self, and he offered revolutionary teachings that resounded like a lion's roar, like a great?rising tide, helping people to wake up and break free from the prison of ignorance. —?Nhat Hanh

I am convinced that America's great sea of goodwill can be, in fact, a?rising tide, a tide that could lift every veteran and every family of our wounded and fallen. —?Michael Mullen

A?rising tide?doesn't raise people who don't have a boat. We have to build the boat for them. We have to give them the basic infrastructure to rise with the tide. —?Rahul Gandhi

Like every major shift in history, there will be those who find it difficult to deal with the changes," Winkler observed. "It's like a?rising tide. The water comes in and then recedes. Floods in again and recedes. But each time, it rises a little higher. We have to keep our eyes on the place that marks our highest goal and refuse to let the receding waves drag us away from it. —?Connie Suttle

I'm for innovation and a commitment to a?rising tide?that lifts all boats for all Americans. —?Clark Durant

May the sound of the bell penetrate deep into the cosmos. Even in the darkest spots living beings are able to hear it clearly. So that all suffering in them cease. Understanding comes to their heart, and they transcend the path of sorrow and death." "The universal dharma door is already open; the sound of the?rising tide?is already heard clearly. The miracle happens. A beautiful child appears in the heart of the lotus flower. One single drop of this compassionate water is enough to bring back the refreshing spring to our mountains and rivers." "Listening to the bell I feel the afflictions in me dissolve. My mind is calm, my body relaxed. A smile is born on my lips. Following the sound of the bell, my breath brings me back to the safe island of mindfulness. In the garden of my heart, the flowers of peace bloom beautifully. —?Thich Nhat Hanh

I hope the people on Wall Street will pay attention to the people on Main Street. If they do, they will see there is a?rising tide?of confidence in the future of America. —?Ronald Reagan

As with all personal advances in life, you have the choice of enthusiasm - make this choice now!!