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Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and learn to read more
Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not; and to believe in your own individuality.
Stately and tall he moves in the hall,
The chief of a thousand for grace.
Stately and tall he moves in the hall,
The chief of a thousand for grace.
Like any other gift, the gift of grace can be yours only if you'll reach out and take it. Maybe read more
Like any other gift, the gift of grace can be yours only if you'll reach out and take it. Maybe being able to reach out and take it is a gift too.
My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the
universe. To him, all good things--trout as well read more
My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the
universe. To him, all good things--trout as well as eternal
salvation--come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not
come easy.
A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.
A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.
Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
LightWinged Smoke
Lightwinged Smoke, Icarian bird,
Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight,
Lark without song, and read more
LightWinged Smoke
Lightwinged Smoke, Icarian bird,
Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight,
Lark without song, and the messenger of dawn,
Circling above the hamlets as thy nest;
Or else, departing dream, and shadowy form
Of midnight vision, gathering up thy skirts;
By night star-veiling, and by day
Darkening the light and blotting out the sun;
Go thou my incense upward from this hearth,
And ask the gods to pardon this clear flame.
-Henry David Thoreau-.
How inimitably graceful children are before they learn to dance.
How inimitably graceful children are before they learn to dance.
The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the read more
The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.