“The immortal mind, superior to his fate, amid the outrage of external things, firm as the solid base of this great world, rests on his own foundation. Blow, ye winds! Ye waves! ye thunders! roll your tempests on! Shake, ye old pillars of the marble sky! Till at its orbs and all its worlds of fire be loosen'd from their seats; yet still serene, the unconquer'd mind looks down upon the wreck; and ever stronger as the storms advance, firm through the closing ruin holds is way, when nature calls him to the destin'd goal.” WorldWayMindLooksStillsGoalFireFateSkyWindStrongerFoundationWaveBlowStormSuperiorsRuinsFirmSeatsShakesImmortalThunderClosingWrecksMarbleOutragePillarsSereneTempestOrbs Author:Mark Akenside
“The discipline, nonetheless, is exacting: everything that can be observed should be observed, even if it is only recalled as the bland background from which the intriguing bits pop out like Venus in the evening sky. The goal is always finding something new, hopefully unimagined and, better still, hitherto unimaginable.” IfsShouldStillsBitsGoalSkyDisciplineFindingsPopsBackgroundsEveningHopefullySomething NewIntriguingVenusUnimaginableBlandEvening Sky Author:Karl Barry Sharpless
“But maybe prayer is a road to rise, A mountain path leading toward the skies To assist the spirit who truly tries. But it isn't a shibboleth, creed, nor code, It isn't a pack-horse to carry your load, It isn't a wagon, it's only a road. And perhaps the reward of the spirit who tries Is not the goal, but the exercise!” TryingSpiritGoalPrayerPathSkyExerciseMountainHorseRewardsCodeCreedsLoadPacksWagons Author:Edmund Vance Cooke
“Goals are not dreamy, pie-in-the-sky ideals. They have every day practical applications and they should be practical.” ShouldGoalPowerfulSkyIdealsPracticalsApplicationPieDreamy Author:Les Brown