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He that can have Patience, can have what he will
He that can have Patience, can have what he will
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
What precious drops are those,
Which silently each other's track pursue,
Bright as young diamonds in their read more
What precious drops are those,
Which silently each other's track pursue,
Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?
Thank God for grace,
Ye who weep only! If, as some have done,
Ye grope tear-blinded in read more
Thank God for grace,
Ye who weep only! If, as some have done,
Ye grope tear-blinded in a desert place
And touch but tombs,--look up! Those tears will run
Soon in long rivers down the lifted face,
And leave the vision clear for stars and sun.
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved read more
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.
Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first. Ask questions, then feel the answer. Learn to trust your read more
Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first. Ask questions, then feel the answer. Learn to trust your heart.
Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the read more
Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the sand, grain by grain, has run from one funnel into the other.
Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.