Wednesday, February 24, 2010

words for wednesday

if we wait for the moment
when everything,
absolutely everything is ready,
we shall never begin.
-Ivan Turgenev

6 comments:

~ The Jolly Bee ~ said...

I'm guilty of that -- but getting better in my "old" age. All right, I'm not that old, but I am getting wiser. :)

Have a great Wednesday!

stitching under oaks said...

it's true...so true...life requires risks and faith.

Meg said...

So true!

Larissa said...

This quote is so very true! and Turgenev should know because he never liked the government under which he lived, never felt his writing was good enough and never found the right woman to marry - perhaps we should learn from his mistakes. another great quote kristyn - have you read "fathers and sons"?

a friend to knit with said...

i love that.
and i love that larissa knew this info about him.

Journeying Five said...

great quote and thanks to larissa for more info, such good words to live by!