Words to live by!

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
— Mark Twain
This quote is a quote I have always liked and have tried to live by. You dont ever want to look back and wish that you had done something that you hadn't. You have to live life to the fullest and do things that you know you want to in your life because you never know when you will be gone. I feel like teenagers have the most oppurtunity to do things because you really do not have a sole responsibilty besides school, mom and dad take care of you. I hope that in my life i strive to do whatever I would like to do, because I never want to look back and say I wish I would have done this or that. "shoot for the moon and land on the stars"

Stephen Crane

"Yes, I have a thousand tongues"

Yes, I have a thousand tongues,
And nine and ninety-nine lie.
Though I strive to use the one,
It will make no melody at my will,
But is dead in my mouth.

I really like this poem because Crane is saying how easy it is now for people to lie, rather than speak the truth. He is saying that once people get caught up in a lie or lies it is hard for them to find the truth and thus their tongue is dead in their mouth. There is still  a little part in everyone that knows the truth and wants to speak it but once we get caught up in lying all the time it is hard for people to go back. The main reason i chose this poem was because I completely agree with it. Humankind hardly tells the truth now and would rather lie than confront the truth.