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Backward, flow backward, O full tide of years!
I am so weary of toil and of tears,
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Backward, flow backward, O full tide of years!
I am so weary of toil and of tears,
Toil without recompense--tears all in vain,
Take them and give me my childhood again.
I have grown weary of dust and decay,
Weary of sowing for others to reap;
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep.
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try read more
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.
If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into the past tense.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into the past tense.
Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.
Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.
Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.
Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.
