‘Little minds attain and are subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.’
Washington Irving
‘I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our diposition.’
Martha Washington
‘If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day.’
Alex Noble
‘He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow that he is today.’
Tryon Edwards
‘Wisdom is knowing what to do next; skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.’
David Starr Jordan
‘To succeed, we must first believe that we can.’
Mark Twain
‘Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.’
Helen Keller
‘I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.’
Umberto Eco
‘It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.’
John Burroughs
‘There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge; both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.’
Napoleon Hill
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