The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
History is strewn thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill, but a lie, well told, is immortal.
The competitive marketplace is strewn with good ideas whose time came and went because inadequate attention was given to moving rapidly and hitting an open window of opportunity. The same marketplace is strewn with broken glass of windows of opportunities hit after they were slammed shut.
As soon as a child has left the room his strewn toys become affecting.
Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round.
History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a little progressiveness at the cost of a great deal of hard manliness, and have thus prepared themselves for destruction as soon as the movements of the world gave a chance for it.
The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down and half-finished loves.
Are we to look at cherry blossoms only in full bloom, the moon only when it is cloudless To long for the moon while looking on the rain, to lower the blinds and be unaware of the passing of the spring - these are even more deeply moving. Branches about to blossom or gardens strewn with flowers are worthier of our admiration.
It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.
Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, that host on the morrow lay withered and strewn.
The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.
Having wires strewn across your couch and across the floor is a big deal to a lot of people.
The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life.
I do not ask to walk smooth paths Nor bear an easy load, I pray for strength and fortitude To climb the rock strewn road. Give me such courage I can scale The hardest peaks alone, And transform every stumbling block Into a stepping stone.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories