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Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die... Still you wait and will not try - A read more
Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die... Still you wait and will not try - A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
 I suppose, to use our national motto, something will turn up. 
[Motto of Vraibleusia.]  
 I suppose, to use our national motto, something will turn up. 
[Motto of Vraibleusia.] 
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the read more
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.
We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.
We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.
 He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing in the 
figure of a lamb the feats read more 
 He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing in the 
figure of a lamb the feats of a lion. He hath indeed bettered 
expectation than you must expect of me to tell you how. 
 Serene I told my hands and wait,
 Nor care for wind or tide nor sea;
  I rave read more 
 Serene I told my hands and wait,
 Nor care for wind or tide nor sea;
  I rave no more 'gainst time or fate,
   For lo! my own shall come to me. 
 What else remains for me?
 Youth, hope and love;
  To build a new life on a ruined read more 
 What else remains for me?
 Youth, hope and love;
  To build a new life on a ruined life. 
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.