The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting." |
Marie Osmond (1959-) |
The greatest glory never comes from winning, but from rising each time you fall. A person is defined by what he chooses to do with his life, not by what happens to him. |
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The veil of confusion gently falls away, Like the dank mist on a dull autumn day. Revealing the path that lies there before me, To step forward or not, what will it be? |
There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them. |
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Try and fail, but don't fail to try. |
Try and fail, but don't fail to try. |
Maya Angelou (1928-) |
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action. |
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action. |
Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as a mirror of their own inadequacy instead of an inspiring beacon for excellence. |
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