Poems

Quotes IV

Hope is like a road country; there never a road, but when many people on it the road come into existence.  -Lin Yutang

We are inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.  - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to reach my destination.  - Jimmy Dean

Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.  - Mark Victor Hansen

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in raising every time we fall.  - Nelson Mandela

The world is like that - incomprehensible and full of surprises.  - Jorge Amado

I have drunken deep of joy, and I will taste no other wine tonight. - Percy Bysshe Shelley

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful. - Mary Shelley

I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone. - John Cheever

The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. - Lao Tzu

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. - Leonardo da Vinci

I pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop.  - Bohumil Hrabal

A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes. - Ludwig Wittgenstein

If you work really hard, and you're kind, amazing things will happen. - Conan O'Brien

Be patient and tough. Someday this pain will be useful to you. - Unknown