it is a matter of choice;
it is not a thing to be waited for,
but something to be achieved.
- William Jennings Bryan
But not everyone who dies has lived.
your ambitions. Small people always do
that, but the really great make you feel that
you, too can become great.
- Mark Twain
sometimes will,
When the road you're
trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and
the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but
you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you
down a bit -
Rest if you must, but don't
you quit.
Sucess is failure turned
insideout,
The silver tint of the clouds
of doubt
And you never can tell how
close you are,
It may be near when it seems
so far,
So stick to the fight when
you're hardest hit
It's when things seem worst
that you musn't quit.
- Author Unknown
Decide to forgive
For resentment is negative
Resentment is poisonous
Resentment diminshes and devours the self
Be the first to forgive,
To smile and take the
first step,
And you will see happiness
bloom
On the face of your
Human brother or sister
Be always the first
Do not wait for
Others to forgive
For by forgiving
You become the master
of fate.
The fashioner of life
The doer of miracles
To forgive is the highest,
Most beautiful form of love.
In return you receive
Untold peace and happiness.
- (unsure of author)
Some crumbled stairs?
Some shreds of song?
Some wingless prayers?
Oh bring the bits you count
Of little worth-
God salvages
the scraps of earth.
Out of your world-bent faith
And loves weak strings
He will rethread
Your outworn wings.
Till as the eagles soar
In tireless flight
So you shall mount
The glorious height!
- Mary Welch
Lord shall renew strength,
they shall mount up with wings of
eagles; they shall run, and not be
weary; and they shall walk and
not faint.
- Isaiah 40:31 kjv
"The Waterboy"said,
"YOU CAN DO IT!"