I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
-Thomas Jefferson
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
...when I think of you it's with tears, because no one else has such delicate hands that can reach into my soul and calm my fears...
-John Geddes
When I hear somebody sigh, “Life is hard”, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what?
-Sydney J. Harris
A mathematical formula for happiness: Reality divided by Expectations. There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations.
-Jodi Picoult