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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.
This is the Law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; That surely the weak shall perish, and read more
This is the Law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; That surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.
The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a read more
The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.
Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.
Deliberately to pursue happinesss is not the surest way of achieving it. Seek it for its own sake and I read more
Deliberately to pursue happinesss is not the surest way of achieving it. Seek it for its own sake and I doubt whether you will find it.
If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or
can make better chairs read more
If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or
can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs,
than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his
house, tho it be in the woods. And if a man knows the law,
people will find it out, tho he live in a pine shanty, and resort
to him. And if a man can pipe or sing, so as to wrap the
prisoned soul in an elysium; or can paint landscape, and convey
into oils and ochers all the enchantments of spring or autumn; or
can liberate or intoxicate all people who hear him with delicious
songs and verses, 'tis certain that the secret can not be kept:
the first witness tells it to a second, and men go by fives and
tens and fifties to his door.
Life can be seen your eyes but
it is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart.
Life can be seen your eyes but
it is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart.
The most important things in life aren't things.
The most important things in life aren't things.
We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.
We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.