When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
-William Arthur Ward
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
-Patricia Sampson
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
-Winston S. Churchill
You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.