Work without Hope draws nectar in a sieve,
Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Portable Coleridge
Categories: work meaning purpose fulfillment hope goal

A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth...

Just as a gardener cultivates his plot, keeping it free from weeds, and growing the flowers and fruits, which he requires, so may a man tend the garden of his mind, weeding out all the wrong, useless, and impure thoughts, and cultivating toward perfection the flowers an fruits of right, useful, and pure thoughts. By pursuing this process, a man sooner or later discovers that he is the master gardener of his soul, the director of his life. He also reveals, within himself, the laws of thought, and understands, with ever-increasing accuracy, how the thought-forces and mind-elements operate in shaping his character, circumstances, and destiny.
James Allen Words for All Occasions
Categories: thoughts mind education self-improvement growth character

We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
Alexander Hamilton The Book of Positive Quotations
Categories: problems challenges adversity illness disability attitude growth character

For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation.
Plato The Republic
Categories: sensuality conversation thought wisdom aging body age friendship debate talk

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.
Ovid The Artist's Way : A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Categories: courage risk effort