Quotations

A few inspiring words from Nelson Mandela:

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”

“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”

“Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.”

“Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.”

Some Wordsworth for y’all.

“To A Butterfly” (1801)
I’ve watched you now a full half-hour;
Self-poised upon that yellow flower
And, little Butterfly! indeed
I know not if you sleep or feed.
How motionless!–not frozen seas
More motionless! and then
What joy awaits you, when the breeze
Hath found you out among the trees,
And calls you forth again!

This plot of orchard-ground is ours;
My trees they are, my Sister’s flowers;
Here rest your wings when they are weary;
Here lodge as in a sanctuary!
Come often to us, fear no wrong;
Sit near us on the bough!
We’ll talk of sunshine and of song,
And summer days, when we were young;
Sweet childish days, that were as long
As twenty days are now.

^That is a lovely little poem. It brought the warmth of summer to my heart on this very cold and snowy winter morning. Thank you for sharing.

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.” -Aristotle

“Music washes away from the soul, the dust of everyday life.” -Berthold Auerbach

“Anyone can have bad breath Marge, but you could knock a buzzard off a shit wagon.” -Carlin

“We have calcium in our bones, iron in our veins, carbon in our souls, and nitrogen in our brains. 93 percent stardust, with souls made of flames, we are all just stars that have people names.”

― Nikita Gill