"For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice" – John Burroughs - Famous Quotations, Daily Motivation, Inspiration

forgo : Definition: (verb) Do without or cease to hold or adhere to. Synonyms: foreswear, waive, dispense with, relinquish. Usage: The tortures of the accused did not equal mine; she was sustained by innocence, but the fangs of remorse tore my bosom and would not forgo their hold. Discuss

About 5.6 million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea was cut off from the Atlantic Ocean, likely due to tectonic shifts that closed the Strait of Gibraltar. For thousands of years afterward, the Mediterranean evaporated away, becoming saltier and leaving massive deposits of salt and minerals on the sea bed until the sea had disappeared. The [...]

The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn’t commit when he had the opportunity.- Helen Rowland

“By perseverance the snail reached the ark” ~Charles H. Spurgeon

“My life is music. And in some vague, mysterious, and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to almost compulsively reach for perfection in music, often–in fact, mostly–at the expense of everything else in my life.” ~Stan Getz