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Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” —Albert Einstein
Presume not that I am the thing I was;
For God doth know, so shall the world perceive,
That I have turn'd away my former self;
So will I those that kept me company.
---William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part Two
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” —George Eliot
Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.
---William Shakespeare, Hamlet
“I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.” —Joan Rivers
Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
---William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
Ah, faerics, dancing under the moon,
A Druid land, a Druid tune!
While still I may, I write for you
The love I lived, the dream I knew.
---William Butler Yeats
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.” —Mother Teresa
Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me.
--William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” —Amelia Earhart
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
William Shakespear, Hamlet
You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe.” —Leymah Gbowee
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
---+William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” —Ayn Rand
In tombs of gold and lapis lazuli
Bodies of holy men and women exude
Miraculous oil, odour of violet.
But under heavy loads of trampled clay
Lie bodies of the vampires full of blood;
Their shrouds are bloody and their lips are wet
("Oil and Blood")
---W.B. Yeats
Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.” —Oprah Winfrey
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.
---Alfred Tennyson
If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” —Dolly Parton
For he comes, the human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
From a world more full of weeping
than he can understand.
---W. B. YEATS
The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of like is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.” —William Arthur Ward
I am a part of all that I have met;
Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough
Gleams that untravelled world, whose margin fades
For ever and for ever when I move.
Alfred Tennyson
The average men consume. The wise create.” —Maxime Lagacé
Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
---Alfred Lord Tennyson
Take time like the river that never grows stale. Keep going and steady. No hurry, no rush.” —Rumi
How can I, that girl standing there,
My attention fix
On Roman or on Russian
Or on Spanish politics?
Yet here's a travelled man that knows
What he talks about,
And there's a politician
That has read and thought,
And maybe what they say is true
Of war and war's alarms,
But O that I were young again
And held her in my arms!
---William Butler Yeats
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).” —Mark Twain
Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering 'it will be happier'...
---Alfred Lord Tennyson
To do two things at once is to do neither.” —Publilius Syrus
I have spread my dreams under your feet.
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
---W.B. Yeats