Two natures beat within my breast, Author Unknown

Two natures beat within my breast, Author Unknown

Two natures beat within my breast
One is foul and  one is blessed
The one I love and the one I hate.
The one I feed will dominate.

You will get it by Berton Braley

You will get it by Berton Braley

If you want a thing bad enough
to go out and fight for it,
Work day and night for it,
Give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it

If only you desire of it
Makes you quite mad enough
Never to tired of it,
Makes you hold all other things tawdry and cheap for it

If life seems all empty and useless without it
And all that you scheme and dream is about it,
 

If gladly you'll sweat for it,
Fret for it,
Plan for it,

Lose all your terror of God and man for it,
 

If you'll simply go after that thing that you want,
With all your capacity,
Strength and sagacity,
Faith, hope and confidence, stern pertinacity,

If neither cold poverty, famished or gaunt,
Nor sickness nor pain
Of body or brain
Can turn you away from the thing that you want
 

If dogged and grim you besiege and beset it,
You'll get it!

Just think by Robert W. Service

   Just think by Robert W. Service

   Just think! some night the stars will gleam

   Upon a cold, grey stone,

   And trace a name with silver beam,

   And lo! ’twill be your own.

   That night is speeding on to greet

   Your epitaphic rhyme.

   Your life is but a little beat

   Within the heart of Time.

   A little gain, a little pain,

   A laugh, lest you may moan;

   A little blame, a little fame,

   A star-gleam on a stone.

A Bend In The Road By Hellen Steiner Rice

A Bend In The Road By Hellen Steiner Rice

When we feel we have nothing left to give

and we are sure that the song has ended

When our day seems over and the shadows fall

and the darkness of night has descended

Where can we go to find the strength

to valiantly keep on trying

Where can we find the hand that will dry

the tears that the heart is crying

There’s but one place to go and that is to God

and dropping all pretense and pride

We can pour out our problems without restraint

and gain strength with Him at our side

And together we stand at life’s crossroads

and view what we think is the end

But God has a much bigger vision

and He tells us it’s only a bend

For the road goes on and is smoother

and the pause in the song is a rest

And the part that’s unsung and unfinished

is the sweetest and richest and best

So rest and relax and grow stronger

let go and let God share your load

Your work is not finished or ended

you’ve just come to a bend in the road

Life is for Living, author Unknown

Life is for Living, author Unknown

Life is a gift we’re given each and every day.
Dream about tomorrow, but live for today.
To live a little, you’ve got to love a whole lot.
Love turns the ordinary into the extraordinary.

Life’s a journey
always worth taking.
Take time to smell the roses… and tulips…
and daffodils… and lilacs… and sunflowers…

Count blessings like children count stars.
The secret of a happy life isn’t buried in a
treasure chest… it lies within your heart.
It’s the little moments that make life big.

Don’t wait. Make memories today.
Celebrate your life!

Life is by Mother Theresa

Life is by Mother Theresa

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.

It Will Come by Nathan Watson

It Will Come by Nathan Watson

When life’s largest pressures leave you struck dumb,
Just search for an answer; the solution will come.

When a tragedy occurs leaving you feeling numb,
Just wait for your health; the strength will come.

When everyone relies on you and there is no way you can see,
Trust your mind to think with time; patience is the key.

When you have made it where others always flee,
Just wait to gather courage; soon you’ll be where you want to be.

When it is nearing the end and you’re in need,
Muster up your courage; endurance will lead.

It will come

In Comparison By Sid Maxwell

In Comparison By Sid Maxwell

When I graded myself from one to ten
Compared to others I know,
In every category someone was better.
My grades were always too low.

So I quit doing that and changed my ways,
I am happier now than then.
If I’m better today than I was before
I simply give myself a ten.

Life is very simple, very simple indeed.
When you know what you want and live by this creed.
That you treat others as you want them to treat you.
Life is very simple, if you live by this creed in all that you do.

Habit, Author Unknown

Habit, Author Unknown

I am your constant companion,
I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden.
I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am completely at your command.
Half the things you do might just as well turn over to me
and I will be able to do them quickly and correctly.

I am easily managed -
you must merely be firm with me.
Show me exactly how you want something done
and after a few lessons, I will do it automatically.
I am the servant of all great people;
and alas, of all failures as well.

Those who are great,
I have made great.
Those who are failures,
I have made failures.

I am not a machine,
though I work with all the precision of a machine
plus the intelligence of a human.
You may run me for a profit or run me for ruin -
it makes no difference to me.

Take me,
train me,
be firm with me,
And I will place the world at your feet.
Be easy with me,
and I will destroy you.

Follow Your Dreams, Author Unknown

Follow Your Dreams, Author Unknown

You must follow your dreams
You must follow wherever it leads.

Don’t be distracted by less worthy leads.
Shelter it,
Nourish it,
Help it grow.
Hold your dream deep, down deep where dreams grow.

Follow your dreams,
Pursue it with haste.
Life is too precious, too precious to waste.

Be faithful,
Be loyal in all the day through
the dream that you follow will ultimately come true.