We expect more of ourselves than we have any right to.
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
“A mind stretched by a new ideanever shrinks back to its original proportions. ~”
“To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.”
“Every calling is great when greatly pursued.”
“I confess that altruistic and cynically selfish talk seem to me about equally unreal. With all humility I think 'whatsoever thy hand findeth to do do it with thy might ' infinitely more important...”
“You commit a sin of omission if you do not utilize all the power that is within you. All men have claims on man and to the man with special talents this is a very special claim. It is required th...”
“An older author is constantly rediscovering himself in the more or less fossilized productions of his earlier years.”
“To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly.”
“It isn't important to come out on top what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.”
“Expect nothing and life will be velvet.”
“If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, youll keep resentment far away.”
“There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations”
“One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: 'This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.”