February 2011
111 posts
“A woman should be a walking, talking human instead of a make-up counter.”
—George Hamilton
“People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.”
—Audrey Hepburn
Solitude
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air.
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go.
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all.
There are none to decline your nectared wine,
But alone you must drink life’s gall.
Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a long and lordly train,
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“For of those to whom much is given, much is required.”
—John F. Kennedy
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.”
—Martin Luther Kind Jr
“People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
