Dreaming of Sunshine

"All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green."

"Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind."

"The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones"

"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality."

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."

"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine."

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."

"You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake."

"There is nothing permanent except change."

"Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better."

"Then from on high - somewhere in the distance
There's a voice that calls, "Remember who you are"
If you lose yourself - your courage soon will follow
So be strong tonight - remember who you are"

"The language of friendship is not words but meanings."

"There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them"

"The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today."

"You cannot step into the same river twice."

"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."

"Looking back isn't going to help you. Moving forward is the thing you have to do."

"Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can, which varies from day to day."

"The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much."

"Nobody knows how to get back home
And we set out so long ago
Search the heavens and the Earth below
Nobody knows how to get back home"

"I have looked upon all the universe has to hold of horror, and even the skies of spring and flowers of summer must ever afterward be poison to me"

WARNING: Blood and violence. I mean, more than usual.

"Let me tell you what I wish I'd known
When I was young and dreamed of glory:
You have not control:
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story"

"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still."

"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky."

"Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well."

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."

"It's always too early to quit."

"Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay."

"Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart."

"Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else."

"Action is the foundational key to all success."

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us."

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

"There is no passion so contagious as that of fear."

"Hey young blood
Doesn't it feel like our time is running out?"

"It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see."

"The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life."

"Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind."

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."

"All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small."

"Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection."

"Be careful of success; it has a dark side."

"Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time."

"Never underestimate spite as a motivator for genius."

"Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away."

"The only sure thing about luck is that it will change."

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."