#sons

Lifting and Leaning There are two kinds of people on earth today, Just two kinds of people, no more, I say. Not the good and the bad, for 'tis well understood The good are half bad and the bad are half good. Not the happy and sad, for the swift-flying years Brings each man his laughter and each man his tears. Not the rich and the poor, for to count a man's wealth You must first know the state of his conscience and health. Not the humble and proud, for in life's busy span He who puts on vain airs is not counted a man. No! The two kinds of people on earth I mean Are the people who lift and the people who lean. Wherever you go you will find the world's masses Are ever divided in just two classes. And, strangely enough, you will find, too, I ween, There is only one lifter to twenty who lean. In which class are you? Are you easing the load Of overtaxed lifters who toil down the road? Or are you a leaner who lets others bear Your portion of worry and labor and care? ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#business

Among the reasons people keep sad stories to themselves is that they do not want anyone to feel sorry for them. I don't. I don't want you to feel sorry for me. ↗

— Judith Moore

#anyone #feel #i #keep #me

That’s the thing about a human life-there’s no control group, no way to ever know how any of us would have turned out if any variables had been changed. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#change

the scary part is that people don't realize how much they've changed . ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#life-lessons #change

Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#change

And how many hours a day did you do lessons?' said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject. Ten hours the first day,' said the Mock Turtle: 'nine the next, and so on.' What a curious plan!' exclaimed Alice. That's the reason they're called lessons,' the Gryphon remarked: 'because they lessen from day to day. ↗

— Lewis Carroll

#change

Love changes things; hope allows us to endure until the change arrives. ↗

— Iimani David

#life #life-lessons #change

I had always had a little problem looking out for myself in love. I was afraid people would leave me. So I sort of clung and did everything possible to keep someone around. I didn't have a hard talk with myself about who I was keeping around. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. I clung to people like human life preservers. I thought i'd die if someone left me. Its ironic because now I'm the one who's leaving. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#inspirational #life #life-lessons #love #relationship

...fool me once, shame on me…fool me twice…I deserved to get fucked over. ↗

— Derekica Snake

#life-lessons #realization #change

If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#life-lessons #love #pain #change