It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out – it’s the grain of sand in your shoe. Steve Maraboliīe master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things.

It is when challenged to my core that I learn the depth of who I am. People go through so much pain trying to avoid pain. Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Robert GreeneĬhange happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change. Too many people believe that everything must be pleasurable in life, which makes them constantly search for distractions and short-circuits the learning process. I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning. Related: positive, patience, suffering, Zen, acceptance The Best Pain Quotes You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice. If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. The proverb is used with a sarcastic tone and in the opposite sense of the literal meaning.Turn your wounds into wisdom. The narrator chooses a heavy girl and later regrets it. Pratt’s advice, they agreed to let the girls/women to sit on their lap. During their travel, they don’t have enough space to accommodate all the passengers, especially women. In this paragraph, the narrator on the way to the Gulf of Mexico.

The story is about the first cavalry regiment and the “Scott’s 900” during the war times. I bitterly regretted the gallantry of the morning. But as we journeyed along the old coach pitched in the gullies and jolted over stony roads, the hours grew long and the girl got heavier, and, shift the burden as I might. Now, as it is well known, there was a lack of woman’s society in the cavalry, and perhaps this scarcity of petticoats in the service made me particularly gallant to the ladies, and at first it seemed pleasant to have a plump, rosy-cheeked maiden nestled comfortably in my lap, and for a while I enjoyed the novel sensation. Pratt, who was sitting by me on the back seat, said, “Neighbor, if you will hold one of the girls I’ll take the other.” The girls promptly accepted our offer to take them on our laps, and when all were ready we got under way again. “There was no room for anyone to stand in the stage, and Col. The Story of a Cavalry Regiment by Thomas West Smith When people wait for the good things to happen will eventually get them even if they are delayed. The meanings of the proverb are self-explanatory. It has been repeated twice in this stanza.

The proverb has been used with the replacement word ‘good’ instead of ‘all’. The song is about being true to ourselves and also the virtue of persistence and wait. Good Things Come to Those Who Wait by Nathan SykesĬould fill an ocean of blood sweat and tears, yeah The proverb has been transformed into a refrain at the end of each stanza. In the third stanza, the poet highlights the quality of patience and mentions that it is a great virtue. It is clear that by waiting, a person can get good things in life. It shows the importance of patience and persistence. However, the meaning of the phrase remains the same. Here the poet has replaced the word “all” with “good”. Tame your energies, stay steady and sedate Indulge neither in discussion, nor debateīackbiting and spying so difficult to tolerate Harness your emotions, control your state

Hopefully it will be worth the weight