Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Darkly Comical Quotes

We work day after day, not to finish things; but to make the future better – because we will spend the rest of our lives there. – Charles F. Kettering

To cultivate a garden is to walk with God. – Bovee

The men who build the future are those who know that greater things are yet to come, and that they themselves will help bring them about. Their minds are illuminated by the blazing sun of hope. They never stop to doubt. They haven’t the time. – Melvin j. Evans

Don’t let yourself say or even think “I am busy,” “I haven’t the time,” “I am tired.” That makes you feel busier or more rushed or more tired than you actually are. – William B. Given, Jr.
No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow’s burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear. – George MacDonald

A really great man is known by three signs – generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success. – Bismark

Pay as little attention to discouragement as possible. Plough ahead as a steamer does, rough or smooth – rain or shine. To carry your cargo and make your port is the point. – Maltbie Babcock

Five minutes, just before going to sleep, given to a bit of directed imagination regarding achievement possibilities of the morrow, will steadily and increasingly bear fruit, particularly if all ideas of difficulty, worry or fear are resolutely ruled out and replaced by those of accomplishment and smiling courage. – Frederick Pierce

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