Because with alarming accuracy
she’d been identifying patterns
I was unaware of—this tic, that
tendency, like the way I’ve mastered
the language of intimacy
in order to conceal how I felt—
I knew I was in danger
of being terribly understood.
– Stephen Dunn
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
– Ralph Marston
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/ralphmarst132966.html
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
– William James
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/48573-begin-to-be-now-what-you-will-be-hereafter
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
– Baltasar Gracian
All the world will be your enemy, Prince of a Thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.
– Richard Adams, Watership Down
He who works with his hands is a laborer.
He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman.
He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.
– St. Francis of Assisi
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
– Confucius
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/36051-before-you-embark-on-a-journey-of-revenge-dig-two