by billyzh | Apr 30, 2009 | Asides
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. – April 4, 1864 – Letter to Albert Hodges – Abraham Lincoln
by billyzh | Apr 29, 2009 | Asides
To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill. – Charles Caleb Colton 1780-1832, British Sportsman Writer
by billyzh | Apr 29, 2009 | Asides
When my horse is running good, I don’t stop to give him sugar. – William Faulkner 1897-1962, American Novelist
by billyzh | Apr 27, 2009 | Asides
Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours. — Dale Carnegie (Author, Trainer)
by billyzh | Apr 27, 2009 | Asides
Human pain does not let go of its grip at one point in time. Rather, it works its way out of our consciousness over time. There is a season of sadness. A season of anger. A season of tranquility. A season of hope. Robert Veninga
by billyzh | Apr 20, 2009 | Asides
To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes. – Fritz Kunkel
