Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.

Backward, flow backward, O full tide of years!
I am so weary of toil and of tears,
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Backward, flow backward, O full tide of years!
I am so weary of toil and of tears,
Toil without recompense--tears all in vain,
Take them and give me my childhood again.
I have grown weary of dust and decay,
Weary of sowing for others to reap;
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep.

Dont put off living to next week, next month, next year or next decade. The only time you're ever living read more

Dont put off living to next week, next month, next year or next decade. The only time you're ever living is in this moment.

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given read more

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.

Time was made for slaves.

Time was made for slaves.

I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of read more

I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and education. Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run; because a half-massacred Indian may recover, but if you educate him and wash him, it is bound to finish him some time or other.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time.

Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time.

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try read more

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.