Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
~ Samuel Johnson
“Forgiveness allows us to let go of the pain in the memory and if we let go of the pain in the memory we can have the memory but it does not control us. When memory controls us we are then the puppets of the past.” ........Alexandra Asseily
“We read to know we are not alone. “
-- C.S. Lewis
"Why fit in
When you were born to stand out?"
"Don't make excuses -- make good."
-- Elbert Hubbard
"Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings."
-- Nicholas Rowe
“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
― C.S. Lewis
“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
― C.S. Lewis
I haven't seen this for some time and as always it strikes a chord. He was so eloquent, was Mark Twain, a wonderful example, and in this case, so inspiring.
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
-- Mark Twain
