“Every day is a fresh beginning; Listen my soul, to the glad refrain, And in spite of old sorrow and possible pain, Take heart with the day and begin again.” HeartSoulPainSorrowGladMy SoulSpiteRefrainBegin Again Author:Sarah Chauncey Woolsey
“Shake hands with Pain, give greeting unto Grief, Those angels in disguise, and thy glad soul From height to height, from star to shining star, Shall climb and claim blest immortality.” GivingSoulHandsPainStarsGriefAngelClaimsShiningGladImmortalityHeightShakesClimbsDisguiseGreetingsShining Star Author:Thomas Jefferson
“I endeavor to drink deep of philosophy, and to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and patient where there is no redress. The mighty can do no more, and the wise seldom do as much. ... I am resolved to make the best of all circumstances around me, that this short life may not be half lost in pains ... Between the periods of birth and burial, I would fain insert a little happiness, a little pleasure, a little peace: to-day is ours, yesterday is past, and to-morrow may never come.” MayLittlesPhilosophyWisdomPainPastLostEasyCan DoPleasureHalfWiseAcceptanceBirthPeriodsCircumstancesDrinkPatientYesterdayGladEndeavorMerryBeing WiseMorrowShort LifeBurialInsertRedress Author:Elizabeth Montagu
“In our rhythm of earthly life we tire of light. We are glad when the day ends, when the play ends; and ecstasy is too much pain.” LifeEndsPlayLightPainToo MuchGladRhythmEcstasyTire Book:Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950 Source: Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950
“Forgetfulness of grief I yet may gain;In some wise may come ending to my pain;It may be yet the Gods will have me glad!Yet, Love, I would that thee and pain I had!” MayPainGriefWiseGainsGladGods WillTheeForgetfulness Book:Delphi Complete Works of William Morris (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of William Morris (Illustrated)