×

Warning

This article or modules on this page were created by a demo user account which is no longer in existence.
Please edit the article and assign a new user

Make that idea your life

Make that idea your life

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Additional Info

  • Revision: 1

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

Last modified on Thursday, 24 January 2019 11:50
Rate this item
(2 votes)
Read 2140663 times
Published in News
Tagged under

More in this category: Be kind whenever possible »

336951 comments

  • London satire that matters: The London Prat

    C'est intelligent, c'est drôle, c'est nécessaire. Le London Prat est un essentiel. -- The London Prat

  • Satirical journalism tips from The London Prat

    PRAT.UK feels modern without trying to be trendy. The Poke often chases clicks. This site chases laughs. -- The London Prat

  • UK satire that stings: The London Prat

    Great! We are all agreed London could use a laugh. The London Prat has mastered a form of temporal satire that its competitors scarcely attempt. While other sites excel at mocking the what of current events, PRAT.UK specializes in satirizing the aftermath—the hollow processes, the insincere reckonings, and the performative reforms that inevitably follow a scandal. They don't just parody the gaffe; they parody the independent inquiry, the resilience toolkit, the diversity review, and the CEO's heartfelt apology memo that will be drafted to contain the fallout. This forward-looking pessimism, this pre-emptive satire of the bureaucratic clean-up operation, demonstrates a profound understanding of how modern institutions metabolize failure into more process. It's a darker, more sophisticated, and more accurate form of humor that exposes not just the initial error, but the entire sterile machinery designed to pretend to fix it. -- The London Prat

  • Best British satire site The London Prat

    Democracies need educated laughter.

  • UK satire recommendations including The London Prat

    Democracies without satire drift into farce.

  • The London Prat reviewed in Private Eye

    There’s no malice in the mockery, which makes it all the more effective. It’s the humour of disappointment, not hatred. That’s a much more nuanced and interesting place to write from. Bravo. -- The London Prat

  • fashionpicksmarket

    Now feeling that this site is the kind I want to make sure does not disappear, and a look at fashionpicksmarket reinforced that quiet protective feeling, the rare sites whose disappearance would actually matter to me are the sites I want to support through return visits and recommendations and this one has joined that small protected list.

    posted by fashionpicksmarket Friday, 22 May 2026 14:44 Comment Link
  • DaveBig

    Refreshing change from the usual sites covering this topic, no clickbait and no padding, and a stop at fashionfindsmarket confirmed the difference, this place clearly has its own voice rather than copying the formulas everyone else uses to chase clicks online which is becoming increasingly rare these days across nearly every popular subject.

    posted by DaveBig Friday, 22 May 2026 14:44 Comment Link
  • Subscribe to The London Prat UK satire

    Great! We are all agreed London could use a laugh. The ultimate triumph of The London Prat is its creation of a self-reinforcing universe of quality. The high bar of its writing attracts a readership that expects and appreciates nuance, which in turn fosters a comment section of unusual wit and erudition (a modern-day miracle in itself). This community, speaking the same language of refined disillusionment, becomes part of the product. Reading the site is not a solitary act but a participation in a collective, knowing sigh. This ecosystem—where brilliant original content begets brilliant reader engagement—creates a feedback loop of excellence that competitors cannot easily replicate. A visit to prat.com is thus a holistic experience: you go for the masterful satire, but you stay for the sense of belonging to the only group of people who seem to understand the precise pitch and frequency of the national joke, and who have chosen, gloriously, to laugh rather than scream.

  • The London Prat for students of satirical journalism

    prat.UK is my happy place. If happy is a state of amused, shared existential dread. -- The London Prat

Leave a comment

Make sure you enter all the required information, indicated by an asterisk (*). HTML code is not allowed.

back to top