'Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.'
Christina Rossetti, born 5 December 1830, died 29 December 1894
Christina Rossetti, born 5 December 1830, died 29 December 1894
Famous Quotes . . .
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Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
"The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers.
But above all, the world needs dreamers who do."
~ Sarah Ban Breathnack
But above all, the world needs dreamers who do."
~ Sarah Ban Breathnack
Kind hearts are the gardens,
Kind thoughts are the roots,
Kind words are the blossoms,
Kind deeds are the fruits.
~19th century rhyme used in primary schools
Kind thoughts are the roots,
Kind words are the blossoms,
Kind deeds are the fruits.
~19th century rhyme used in primary schools
Goodwill is the mightiest practical force in the universe.
- Charles F. Dole
- Charles F. Dole
I couldn't find the Poems thread so I'll post this here . . .a favorite of mine.
"Alone" (1875) by Edgar Allan Poe
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were -- I have not seen
As others saw -- I could not bring...
My passions from a common spring --
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow -- I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone --
And all I lov'd -- I lov'd alone --
Then -- in my childhood -- in the dawn
Of a most stormy life -- was drawn
From ev'ry depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still --
From the torrent, or the fountain --
From the red cliff of the mountain --
From the sun that 'round me roll'd
In its autumn tint of gold --
From the lightning in the sky
As it pass'd me flying by --
From the thunder, and the storm --
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view --
"Alone" (1875) by Edgar Allan Poe
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were -- I have not seen
As others saw -- I could not bring...
My passions from a common spring --
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow -- I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone --
And all I lov'd -- I lov'd alone --
Then -- in my childhood -- in the dawn
Of a most stormy life -- was drawn
From ev'ry depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still --
From the torrent, or the fountain --
From the red cliff of the mountain --
From the sun that 'round me roll'd
In its autumn tint of gold --
From the lightning in the sky
As it pass'd me flying by --
From the thunder, and the storm --
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view --
*I feel much stronger after the attack that I endured, because now I know, no one can stop me, or stop us, because now we are millions, standing up together.*
Malala Yousafzal
Malala Yousafzal
One of my favorite poems, too. Perfectly morbidly creepy.
Children have no use for psychology. They detest sociology. They still believe in God, the family, angels, devils, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other such obsolete stuff. When a book is boring, they yawn openly. They don't expect their writer to redeem humanity, but leave to adults such childish allusions.
- Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Isaac Bashevis Singer
Now that is some of the best advice I've ever heard.
There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it - Johnny Rotten
Some people change their ways when they see the light, others when they feel the heat.
- Caroline Schoeder
Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible.
- Anonymous
- Caroline Schoeder
Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible.
- Anonymous