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“Stay, little cheerful Robin! stay, And at my casement sing, Though it should prove a farewell lay And this our parting spring. * * * * * Then, little Bird, this boon confer, Come, and my requiem sing, Nor fail to be the harbinger Of everlasting spring.”

Should Littles Failing Prove Spring Bird Lays Farewell Cheerful Everlasting Parting Robins Boon Harbinger Requiem

Author:William Wordsworth

“Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed in this light, the necessity of labor is not a chastisement, but a blessing,--the very root and spring of all that we call progress in individuals and civilization in nations.”

Firsts Light Individual Energy Nations Progress Failing Industry Civilization Blessing Spring Labor Roots Perseverance Prudence Stimulus Chastisement

Book:Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct

Source: Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct

“Generally we are occupied either with the miseries which now we feel, or with those which threaten; and even when we see ourselves sufficiently secure from the approach of either, still fretfulness, though unwarranted by either present or expected affliction, fails not to spring up from the deep recesses of the heart, where its roots naturally grow, and to fill the soul with its poison.”

Feels Heart Stills Soul Grows Failing Approach Spring Roots Misery Expected Secure Poison Affliction Recess Uneasiness

Book:Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects

Source: Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects

“I know there will be spring, as surely as the birds know it when they see above the snow two tiny, quivering green leaves. Spring cannot fail us.”

Knows Two Failing Spring Bird Green Tiny Snow Green Leaves

Book:Dreams

Source: Dreams

“I have desired to go Where springs not fail, To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail And a few lilies blow.”

Failing Fields Spring Blow Paradise Lilies Hail Hopkins

Author:Gerard Manley Hopkins

“Success is not about who never fails. It is about who can spring - or even stagger - back up.”

Inspirational Wisdom Success Failing Human Nature Failure Spring Staggering Smart Women

Author:Samantha Power

“If democracy succeeds in Egypt, other countries will follow. Should the democratic experiment in Egypt be hijacked by the military or anti-democratic Islamist groups, the revolution will fail elsewhere.”

Ifs Should Country Democracy Failing Groups Military Revolution Succeed Spring Democratic Experiments Elsewhere Other Countries Egypt Islamists Arab Spring

Author:David Ignatius

“The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.”

Needs Wells Water Lord Sun Failing Land Spring Garden Guides

Author:Isaiah

“Drafting of the constitutions is interesting and the discussions around them revealing in many ways. I take it as a discussion of very important symbols revealing many different problems. My take at the beginning was to warn that Tunisia might be the only successful country, the only one to justify us in talking about the spring, while all the other countries were less successful, if not failing. Now the point is that even in Tunisia it is not going to be easy, and this is where we have a problem.”

Ifs Way Important Different Country Problem Might Easy Interesting Talking Successful Failing Spring Constitution Symbols Discussion Justify Other Countries Revealing Drafting Tunisia

Author:Tariq Ramadan