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He who learns must suffer

Aeschylus, 'Agamemnon'

And when the wind did not blow her way,

Langston Hughes, 'Mother to Son'

Hope is the thing with feathers -

Emily Dickinson, 'Hope is the thing with feathers'

Life is not a 'brief candle.' It is a splendid torch that I want to make burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

George Bernard Shaw, 'Life is not a brief candle'

And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

Rudyard Kipling, 'If—'

You may write me down in history

Maya Angelou, 'Still I Rise'

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

John Muir, 'In every walk with nature'

I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions,

The Buddha, 'The Dhammapada'

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Dylan Thomas, 'Do not go gentle into that good night'

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Alfred Lord Tennyson, 'Ulysses'

Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides,

Maya Angelou, 'Still I Rise'

So much has been given to me; I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.

Helen Keller, 'So much has been given to me'

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, 'What Lies Within Us'

Yet I am the captain of my soul.

William Ernest Henley, 'Invictus'

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

Robert Frost, 'The Road Not Taken'

And miles to go before I sleep,

Robert Frost, 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'

I am the master of my fate,

William Ernest Henley, 'Invictus'

Out of the night that covers me,

William Ernest Henley, 'Invictus'

I took the one less traveled by,

Robert Frost, 'The Road Not Taken'

But I have promises to keep,

Robert Frost, 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'

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