Joy comes and goes, hope ebbs and flows
Like the wave;
Change doth unknit the tranquil strength read more

Joy comes and goes, hope ebbs and flows
Like the wave;
Change doth unknit the tranquil strength of men.
Love tends life a little grace,
A few sad smiles; and then,
Both are laid in one cold place,
In the grave.

It seldom happens that a man changes his life through his habitual reasoning. No matter how fully he may sense read more

It seldom happens that a man changes his life through his habitual reasoning. No matter how fully he may sense the new plans and aims revealed to him by reason, he continues to plod along in old paths until his life becomes frustrating and unbearable - he finally makes the change only when his usual life can no longer be tolerated.

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and read more

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs read more

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

Things do not change, we do.

Things do not change, we do.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found read more

There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.