For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way. Something had to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
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Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really
according to order.
Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really
according to order.
A human being is a deciding being.
A human being is a deciding being.
Given a big enough why people can bear almost any how.
Given a big enough why people can bear almost any how.
Listen to life, and you will hear the voice of life crying, Be!.
Listen to life, and you will hear the voice of life crying, Be!.
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
Ninety percent of success is showing up.
Ninety percent of success is showing up.
My circumstances do not make me what I am, they reveal who I have
chosen to be. (from James Allen).
My circumstances do not make me what I am, they reveal who I have
chosen to be. (from James Allen).
Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we read more
Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.
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.
