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In all things it is better to hope than to despair
In all things it is better to hope than to despair
What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is read more
What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.
If it were not for hopes, the heart would break. He who has health has hope; and he who has read more
If it were not for hopes, the heart would break. He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. -Thomas Fuller.
Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, read more
Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.
We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.
We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of read more
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.
The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.
The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.
 Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve,
 And hope without an object cannot live.  
 Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve,
 And hope without an object cannot live.