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Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a read more
Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong. -Lao-Tzu (600 B.C.).
Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we read more
Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. Thanks to Catherine Doucette -Vaclav Havel.
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. -Bernadette Devlin.
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. -Bernadette Devlin.
Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the read more
Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. -Chief Seattle.
Dolendi modus, timendi non item. (To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.) -Bacon.
Dolendi modus, timendi non item. (To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.) -Bacon.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be read more
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. thanks to Dana Bidne -William Jennings Bryan.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance. read more
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance. -Bruce Barton.
Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. -Matthew Arnold.
Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. -Matthew Arnold.
The spirit of a person's life is ever shedding some power, just as a flower is steadily bestowing fragrance upon read more
The spirit of a person's life is ever shedding some power, just as a flower is steadily bestowing fragrance upon the air. thanks to Michele Rousseau -T. Starr King.