"...great difficulties are felt at first and these cannot be overcome except by starting from experiments .. and then be conceiving certain hypotheses ... But even so, very much hard work remains to be done and one needs not only great perspicacity but often a degree of good fortune."

-- Christiaan Huygens

#Hard Work Quotes #Luck Quotes #Overcoming Quotes

“I had two cups of coffee, put Eric's jeans in the washer, read a romance for awhile, and studied my brand-new Word of the Day calendar, a Christmas gift from Arlene. My first word of the New Year was 'exsanguinate.' This was probably not a good omen.”

Source : Charlaine Harris (2005). “Dead to the World”, p.29, Penguin
“A child regards your cheery smile as evidence that you are on his side, so he relaxes and is happier.”
“My daughter loves singing above all else.”
“When I learned the news about Harmon today, I felt like I lost a family member. He has treated me like one of his own. It's hard to put into words what Harmon has meant to me. He first welcomed me into the Twins family as an 18-year-old kid and has continued to influence my life in many ways. He is someone I will never forget and will always treasure the time we spent together. Harmon will be missed but never forgotten.”

Source : "Quotes about the death of Harmon Killebrew", www.foxnews.com. May 17, 2011.
“If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.”
“There's the whole myth about rocket science. It's really not that hard. It's not brain surgery.”
“Thy love is singular when all thy delight is in Jesus Christ and in no other thing finds joy and comfort.”

Source : "Selected Works of Richard Rolle: Hermit".
“Enjoy the blessing of strength while you have it and do not bewail it when it is gone, unless, forsooth, you believe that youth must lament the loss of infancy, or early manhood the passing of youth. Life's race-course is fixed; Nature has only a single path and that path is run but once, and to each stage of existence has been allotted its own appropriate quality; so that the weakness of childhood, the impetuosity of youth, the seriousness of middle life, the maturity of old age.. each bears some of Nature's fruit, which must be garnered in its own season.”

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