Nae man can tether time or tide.
ROBERT BURNS
ROBERT BURNS
More from Robert Burns
Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns When Nature her great masterpiece designed,And framed her last, best work, the human mind,Her eye intent on all the wondrous plan,She formed of various stuff the various Man.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Dare to be honest and fear no labor. … Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Some rhyme a neebor’s name to lash; Some rhyme (vain thought!) for needfu’ cash; Some rhyme to court the countra clash, An’ raise a din; For me, an aim I never fash; I rhyme for fun.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns God knows, I’m no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns The golden hours on angel wings Flew o’er me and my dearie, For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns My Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Beauty’s of a fading nature. Has a season and is gone!
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Life is but a day at most.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns The honest man, though e’er sae poor, Is king o’ men, for a’ that!
Robert BurnsRobert Burns There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns
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More on change
We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
George OrwellGeorge Orwell For things to change, you have to change. For things to get better, you have to get better. For things to improve, you have to improve. When you grow, everything in your life grows with you.
Jim RohnJim Rohn Your growth scares people who don’t want to change.
Post MalonePost Malone It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
Charles DarwinCharles Darwin There’s no point in making predictions. It’s not worth speculating because nothing is set in stone and things change all the time in football.
Cristiano RonaldoCristiano Ronaldo If you’re too focused on your current business, it’s hard to change and concentrate on innovating.
Bill GatesBill Gates I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because I’m helpless. It doesn’t change God – it changes me.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change.
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