WIST Quotations

Millay, Edna St. Vincent -- “Lament” (1921-03), The Century Magazine, Vol. 101 (74), No. 5

Dave — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:32:13 +0000

Life must go on:
I forget just why.

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
“Lament” (1921-03), The Century Magazine, Vol. 101 (74), No. 5
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Collected in Second April (1921).

Herrick, Robert -- “The End,” Hesperides, # 309 (1648)

Dave — Fri, 31 May 2024 15:17:35 +0000

If well thou hast begun, go on fore-right
It is the end that crowns us, not the fight.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674) English poet
“The End,” Hesperides, # 309 (1648)
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King, Martin Luther -- Sermon (1967-12-24), “A Christmas Sermon on Peace,” Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta

Dave — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:25:27 +0000

Yes, I am personally the victim of deferred dreams, of blasted hopes, but in spite of that I close today by saying I still have a dream, because, you know, you can’t give up in life. If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) American clergyman, civil rights leader, social activist, preacher
Sermon (1967-12-24), “A Christmas Sermon on Peace,” Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta
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Broadcast by CBC Radio as the final of King's Massey Lectures, "Conscience for Change." Collected in Conscience for Change, republished after his assassination as The Trumpet of Conscience (1968).

Jones, Bobby -- Golf Is My Game (1960)

Dave — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 14:00:35 +0000

The main idea in golf as in life, I suppose, is to learn to accept what cannot be altered, and to keep on doing one’s own reasoned and resolute best whether the prospect be bleak or rosy.

Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones, Jr. (1902-1971) American amateur golfer, lawyer
Golf Is My Game (1960)
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Brecht, Bertholt -- The Good Person of Szechwan [Der gute Mensch von Sezuan], Prologue (1941) [tr. Bentley (1947)]

Dave — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:08:52 +0000

It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead!

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) German poet, playwright, director, dramaturgist
The Good Person of Szechwan [Der gute Mensch von Sezuan], Prologue (1941) [tr. Bentley (1947)]