Quote of the Day
Posted by CindyLou on February 25, 2009
Great is the road I climb, but the garland offered by an easier effort is not worth the gathering.
Sextus Propertious (50 BC – 16 AD) Roman Poet
My Place for My Generation
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Posted by CindyLou on February 25, 2009
Great is the road I climb, but the garland offered by an easier effort is not worth the gathering.
Sextus Propertious (50 BC – 16 AD) Roman Poet
Posted by CindyLou on February 19, 2009
I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career of honor. The chances are perhaps more in favour of ruin than of success. But, whatever may be the chances, I shall go on as long as any means of carrying on the fight are at my disposal.
Anthony Trollope (1815 – 1882) British Novelist
Posted by CindyLou on February 18, 2009
The sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually make a new man of himself.
Wang Yan-Ming
Posted by CindyLou on February 17, 2009
The work unknown good men have done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
Thomas Carlyle (1795 – 1881 Scottish Writer