When summer opens, I see how fast it matures, and fear it will be short; but after the heats of July and August, I am reconciled, like one who has had his swing, to the cool of autumn.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune. read more

• Thought Wise Man Turns Chance Good Fortune

You don't know pain until you're staring at yourself in the mirror with tears streaming down your face and you're begging yourself to just hold on and be strong. read more

• Thought Pain Staring Mirror Tears Streaming Down Face Begging Hold Strong

Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you. read more

• Thought Keep Face Toward Sunshine Shadows Fall Behind

However long the night, the dawn will break. read more

• Thought However Long Night Dawn Break

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An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head. read more

• Thought Empty Head Really Stuffed Rubbish Difficulty Forcing Anything

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. read more

• Thought Enthusiasm Mother Effort Without Nothing Great Achieved

Who you are is speaking so loudly that I can"t hear what you"re saying. read more

• Thought Speaking Loudly Hear What Saying

Violence is not power, but the absence of power. read more

• Thought Violence Power Absence

It is never too late to do right. read more

• Thought Too Late Do Right

The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war. read more

• Thought Real Lasting Victories Those Peace War