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“All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. The man strongly possessed of an idea is the master of all who are uncertain or wavering. Clear, deep, living convictions rule the world.”
Source : James Freeman Clarke (1875). “Common-sense in Religion: A Series of Essays”, p.339
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“It may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: 'Sit down and shut up,' but that's the worthless, easy path; that's a quitter's way out.”
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“Information is the #resolution of uncertainty.”
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“I love playing our older songs along with newer ones but If all I have is my old stuff, I quit. Creating is more rewarding.”
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“This house sheltered us, we spoke, we loved within those walls. That was yesterday. To-day we pass on, we see it no more, and we are different, changed in some infinitesimal way. We can never be quite the same again.”
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“Writing a poem is unwriting a knot, like untying a shoelace that is clubbing your foot.”
Source : "Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim". Interview with Pauline T. Newton, academic.oup.com. June 22, 2013. 
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“Karma means your have to live with the consequences of the actions you have taken in the past. Whatever you put out is coming back.”
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“Recognize that there will be failures, and acknowledge that there will be obstacles. But you will learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others, for there is very little learning in success.”
Source : Michel Dell's commemencement speech at the University of Texas at Austin, www.graduationwisdom.com. May 2003.
