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The future works out great men's destinies;
The present is enough for common souls,
Who, never looking read more
The future works out great men's destinies;
The present is enough for common souls,
Who, never looking forward, are indeed
Mere clay wherein the footprints of their age
Are petrified forever.
Nine out of ten people who change their minds are wrong the second time too.
Nine out of ten people who change their minds are wrong the second time too.
If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, read more
If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.
As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for read more
As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our read more
But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided.
The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
For I am a weed,
Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail,
Where'er the surge read more
For I am a weed,
Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail,
Where'er the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail.
My death and life,
My bane and antidote, are both before me.
My death and life,
My bane and antidote, are both before me.
Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All read more
Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow.