“Many things have fallen only to rise higher.”

Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.

Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

Life is long, if you know how to use it.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.

The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.

Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.

When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.

The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.

Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.

In every failure lies the seeds of success.

Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don’t be an asshole.

You are doing the best you can, and that best results in good to yourself and to others. Do not nag yourself with a sense of failure. Get on your knees and ask for the blessings of the Lord;then stand on your feet and do what you are asked to do.

You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them.

You must ask for God’s help. After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again.

Philosophers’ Syndrome: mistaking a failure of the imagination for an insight into necessity.

The reason that so many fail to find happiness is that they fail to find gratitude.

As human beings we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions; to judge people too quickly and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration of the actual facts and ideals of the period.