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I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times read more
I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person.
 O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there,
 From me, whose love was of that dignity
  That it read more 
 O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there,
 From me, whose love was of that dignity
  That it went hand in hand even with the vow
   I made to her in marriage, and to decline
    Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor
     To those of mine! 
 There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets 
to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic read more 
 There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets 
to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic portents; distinct 
from the ordinary lights which guide our course and mark our 
seasons, yet true to their own laws, potent in their own 
influences. 
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on read more
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.
One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.
One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.
Sow an act...reap a habit; Sow a habit...reap a character; Sow a character...reap a destiny.
Sow an act...reap a habit; Sow a habit...reap a character; Sow a character...reap a destiny.
Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All read more
Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow.
Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.
Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.
 Art and power will go on as they have done,--will make day out of 
night, time out of space, read more 
 Art and power will go on as they have done,--will make day out of 
night, time out of space, and space out of time.