Come, for the House of Hope ...

Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.
Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.
 Hafez

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Once you get the nod, your mentality totally changes. It's like a heavyweight fighter-you win the title and that's it, you don't want to look back and you don't want to change. That's the way I feel and I'm looking to keep the job.?
 Mark Sanchez
Inspirational leaders need to have a winning mentality in order to inspire respect. It is hard to trust in the leadership of someone who is half-hearted about their purpose, or only sporadic in focus or enthusiasm.
 Sebastian Coe

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If at last thou attain the desire of thy life, Cast the world aside, yea, abandon it!
There was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, Nothing, I just helped him cry.² Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth You owe me Look what happens with a love like that, It lights the whole sky..
Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man.
There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins.
It is not easy to stop thinking ill of others.Usually one must enter into a friendship with a person who has accomplished that great feat himself.Then something might start to rub off on you of that true elegance.