I've never met a person, I don't care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I don't care how much a man may ;consider himself a failure, I believe in him, for he can change the thing that is wrong in his life any time he is ready and prepared to do it. Whenever he develops the desire, he can take away from his life the thing that is defeating it. The capacity for reformation and change lies within.
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Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.
Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of read more
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
A change came o'er the spirit of my dream.
A change came o'er the spirit of my dream.
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
Behold, I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, read more
Behold, I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye... -Corinthians.
Things do not change; we change.
Things do not change; we change.
Joy comes and goes, hope ebbs and flows
Like the wave;
Change doth unknit the tranquil strength read more
Joy comes and goes, hope ebbs and flows
Like the wave;
Change doth unknit the tranquil strength of men.
Love tends life a little grace,
A few sad smiles; and then,
Both are laid in one cold place,
In the grave.
Times change and we change with them. The stars rule men but God
rules the stars.
[Lat., Tempora read more
Times change and we change with them. The stars rule men but God
rules the stars.
[Lat., Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.
Astra regunt homines, sed regit astra Deus.]
Whose foot is on the treadle/That turns the burning stars/Has spun the world half way round/Since last I called/Come down, read more
Whose foot is on the treadle/That turns the burning stars/Has spun the world half way round/Since last I called/Come down, come down.
That stars that in September/Looked through the mournful rain/Now set their sight again/Upon a world half night, half light
Men of distant years have said/That much depends on change of seasons/On solstices and equinox/And they have given reasons.
I disagree./Too much turns on inadvertence/On what seems to be/An accident of hand and knee/A chance sunrise/A glance of eyes.
