Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.
No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.[Niemand kann dir die Brücke bauen, auf der gerade du über den Fluss des Lebens schreiten musst, niemand ausser dir allein.]
No little appetite or pain, no carelessness or meanness in him escaped her; no thought or dream or longing in him ever reached her. And yet several times in her life she had seen the stars.
Look before, or you’ll find yourself behind.
Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.
It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.
I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.
First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.
Everything is blooming most recklessly: if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.[Alles blüht natürlich auf das Rücksichtsloseste: wären es Stimmen statt der Farben: es gäbe ein unglaubliches Geschrei bis in die Nacht hinein.]
