“Have a heart that never hardens,
and a temper that never tires,
and a touch that never hurts.”
~Charles Dickens
“Pain is deeper than all thought; laughter is higher than all pain.”
Elbert Hubbard
“Remember though thy foes are strong and tried,
the angels of Heaven on are thy side, and God is over all!”
~Adelaide A. Procter
The only person whom you really have reason to fear, is yourself.
~ Langenhoven
“The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.”
~John Vance Cheney
Victory becomes, to some degree, a state of mind. Knowing ourselves superior to the anxieties, troubles, and worries which obsess us, we are superior to them.
~ Basil King
If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high. Look it squarely in the eye, and say, “I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.
~ Ann Landers
“What we think or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence.
The only thing of consequence is what we do.”
~ John Ruskin
“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows”
(Matthew 10:29-31).