"This is courage in a man to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends." -Euripides
"Fall seven times, stand up eight." -Japanese Proverb
"Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward." -Dr. Laura Schlessinger
"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish." -John Quincy Adams
"Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul" -John Keats
"Be ready when opportunity comes...Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet." -Roy D. Chapin, Jr.
"Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success." -James Gilmore Backus
"Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm." -Jean Paul Richter
"Pains of love be sweeter far, than all other pleasures are." -John Dryden
"Dreams that do come true can be as unsettling as those that don't." -Brett Butler