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A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.
A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.
Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep read more
Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning. - Works and Days.
To be born free is an accident; To live free a responsibility; To die free
is an obligation.
To be born free is an accident; To live free a responsibility; To die free
is an obligation.
If you can't be happy where you are, it's a cinch you can't be happy
where you ain't.
If you can't be happy where you are, it's a cinch you can't be happy
where you ain't.
You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel
when you come in contact with a new read more
You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel
when you come in contact with a new idea.
Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain.
Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain.
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with
a person having neither to weigh thoughts or measure read more
Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with
a person having neither to weigh thoughts or measure words, but pouring
all right out just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a
faithful friendly hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping
and, with a breath of comfort, blow the rest away.
As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust read more
As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.