arvin journals: May 2017

Wednesday, 31 May 2017

"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." - Rumi.

Tuesday, 23 May 2017

great gardens

Great Gardens: "Great Dixter" by Howard Sooley

Great Gardens: “Anna Pavord” by Howard Sooley

Great Gardens: “Prospect Cottage” by Howard Sooley

Monday, 22 May 2017

"There's no advantage to hurrying through life." - Masashi Kishimoto

Sunday, 21 May 2017

Sir Winston Churchill

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

If you're going through hell, keep going.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.

We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.

It’s not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what’s required.

If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time-a tremendous whack.

Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge.

Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.

We shall not fail or falter. We shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.