Every man is an original and solitary character. None can either understand or feel the book of his own life like himself. Author: Richard Cecil |
Men are born to trouble at first, and exercised in it all their days. There is a cry at the beginning of life, and a groan at its close. - William D. Arnot Author: Assorted Authors |
It is a high, solemn, almost awful thought for every individual man, that his earthly influence, which has a commencement, will never, through all ages, have an end. Author: James H. Aughey |
Let not the stream of your life be a murmuring stream. Author: James H. Aughey |
Lost time is never found again. Author: James H. Aughey |
There are many seasons in a man's life - and the more exalted and responsible his position, the more frequently do these season's recur - when the voice of duty and the dictates of feeling are opposed to each other; and it is only the weak and the wicked who yield that obedience to the selfish impulses of the heart which is due to reason and honor. Author: James H. Aughey |
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O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth. Author: Thomas a Kempis |
And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind. Author: Thomas a Kempis |
What thou art, that thou art. Author: Thomas a Kempis |
Beauty is like an almanack: if it lasts a year it is well. Author: Thomas Adams |
A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire. Author: Thomas Merton |
Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul. Author: Thomas Merton |