51 quotes found
“We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?”
“Each morning puts man on trial and each evening passes judgement.”
“I think what has this day brought me and what have I given it?”
“Every night before I turn out the lights to sleep I ask myself this question: Have I done everything that I can.... Have I done enough?”
“Each morning sees some task begin each evening sees it close Something attempted something done has earned a night's repose.”
“Judge each day not by it's harvest but by the seeds you plant.”
“Sum up at night what thou has done by day.”
“Put off thy cares with thy clothes so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.”
“One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything every night before you go to bed.”
“The camel at the close of day Kneels down upon the sandy plain To have his burden lifted off And rest again. My soul thou too should to thy knees When daylight draweth to a close And let thy Ma...”
“To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back.”
“Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.”
“Don't fight with the pillow but lay down your head And kick every worriment out of the bed.”
“Shed as you do your garments your daily sins whether of omission or commission and you will wake a free man with a new life.”
“Thou driftest gently down the tides of sleep.”
“Go to bed early get up early-this is wise.”
“Come Sleep! Oh Sleep the certain knot of peace The baiting-place of wit the balm of woe The poor man's wealth the prisoner's release The indifferent judge between the high and low.”
“O bed! O bed! Delicious bed! That heaven on earth to the weary head!”
“Fatigue is the best pillow.”
“A well-spent day brings happy sleep.”