
"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