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With aching hands and bleeding feet
We dig and heap, lay stone on stone;
We bear the read more
With aching hands and bleeding feet
We dig and heap, lay stone on stone;
We bear the burden and the heat
Of the long day, and wish 'twere done.
Not till the hours of light return
All we have built as we discern.
I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life.
I think loss of loved ones is the hardest blow in life.
What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates read more
What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous.
In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as read more
In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon. -Horace.
If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything.
If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything.
One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to read more
One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.
Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.
'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things read more
'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.
