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All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.
Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.
Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an
optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an
optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected read more
A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where read more
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in
the recognition.
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in
the recognition.
Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
The fates lead him who will-him who won't they drag.
The fates lead him who will-him who won't they drag.
The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.
The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.
