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No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it.
No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it.
Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also.
Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also.
The second best times tend to be more difficult.
The second best times tend to be more difficult.
Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone.
Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone.
It is easy to avoid an arrow shot in one's sight; but hard to escape one aimed in secret.
It is easy to avoid an arrow shot in one's sight; but hard to escape one aimed in secret.
The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.
The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure.
Keep a green tree in your heart, and maybe one day a bird will come.
Keep a green tree in your heart, and maybe one day a bird will come.
There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.
There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.
Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.
Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.