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Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn.
Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn.
Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves. . -Hubert read more
Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves. . -Hubert Humphrey.
Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was read more
Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem.
I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, read more
I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you.
 The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span:
 In his conception wretched, from the read more 
 The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span:
 In his conception wretched, from the womb so to the tomb.
  Curst from his cradle, and brought up to years with cares and 
fears.
   Who then to frail mortality shall trust,
    But limns the water, or but writes in dust. 
Simply the thing I am shall make me live.
Simply the thing I am shall make me live.
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.