If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so. |
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. |
Tough times never last, but tough people do. |
You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. |
It's paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone. |
Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them. |
He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise. |
In prosperous times I have sometimes felt my fancy and powers of language flag, but adversity is to me at least a tonic and bracer. |
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. |
Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again. |