Quote and Poem

Procrastination is something best put off until t

Procrastination is something best put off until tomorrow.

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tear

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.

Just because your voice reaches halfway around th

Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.

To change one's life: Start immediately.

To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbird

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

Some folks never exaggerate - they just remember b

Some folks never exaggerate - they just remember big.

I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I ob

I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a poet or a philosopher.

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no p

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day;

Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.

It is sweet to serve one's country by deeds, and

It is sweet to serve one's country by deeds, and it is not absurd to serve her by words.