Quotes and Poetry

Poetry and Sayings

Poetry and sayings

"I don't have a solution, but admire the problem" There is no right way to do a wrong thing  “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. “  - Sir Winston Churchill “I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.”  ~ Mae West Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad.  ~ Christina Rossetti I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. ~Thomas Jefferson When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.  ~ George Bernard Shaw Men are made stronger on realization that the helping hand they need is at the end of their own arm.  ~Sidney J. Phillips

Man stands for long time with mouth open before roast duck flies in.   ~ Chinese Saying Isn't it strange, that princes and kings, and clowns that caper in sawdust rings, and even folks like you and me, are builders for eternity? To each is given a bag of tools, a shapeless mass and a Book of Rules; and each must make 'ere life has flown, a stumbling block or a stepping stone.  R.L. Sharpe "A bag of tools," circa 1809 Your children are not your children.. they are lives longing for themselves  ~ Kahlil Gibran Men are made stronger on realization that the helping hand they need is at the end of their own arm.  It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they don't have to.   ~Walter Linn People know you for what you've done, not for what you plan to do.   ~Author Unknown