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«'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life»
Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox | About: Goals, Life | Keywords: decides, sail, storm, The Goal, Tis
«A desire to kneel down sometimes pulses through my body, or rather it is as if my body has been meant and made for the act of kneeling. Sometimes, in moments of deep gratitude, kneeling down becomes an overwhelming urge, head deeply bowed, hands before my face.»
«...human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but...life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.»
«To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.»
«A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.»
«I wanted to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.»
«'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and died»
Author: John Gay (Dramatist, Poet) | About: Hate, Hope, Life | Keywords: groaned
«A change in attitude can change your life!»
«A box of new crayons! Now they're all pointy, lined up in order, bright and perfect. Soon they'll be a bunch of ground down, rounded, indistinguishable stumps, missing their wrappers and smudged with other colors. Sometimes life seems unbearably tragic.»
Author: Bill Watterson (Author) | About: Life, Tragedy
«A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion»

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