Hope, withering, fled--and Mercy sighed farewell.

Hope, withering, fled--and Mercy sighed farewell.

The heart bow'd down by weight of woe,
To weakest hope will cling,
To thought and impulse read more

The heart bow'd down by weight of woe,
To weakest hope will cling,
To thought and impulse while they flow,
That can no comfort bring,
That can, that can no comfort bring,
With those exciting scenes will blend,
O'er pleasure's pathway thrown;
But mem'ry is the only friend
That grief can call its own.

If you can walk, you can run.

If you can walk, you can run.

Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.

Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.

Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead; It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.

Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead; It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.

Each man is the smith of his own fortune.

Each man is the smith of his own fortune.

You held out your hand, and I took it without stopping to make sense of what I was doing. For read more

You held out your hand, and I took it without stopping to make sense of what I was doing. For the first time in almost a century, I felt hope.

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by read more

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer
life depend on the labors of read more

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer
life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that
I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I
have received and am still receiving.