There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.
Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
- Topic: Adversity, Misfortune, Strength, Stress
- Location: California, Napa Valley
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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There is but one thing of real value—to cultivate truth and justice, and to live without anger in the midst of lying and unjust men.
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.
You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last.
What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee.
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.
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Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm!
Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Old age is no place for sissies.
May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.
This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.
First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. The proceed to improve on the worst.
Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you. . . If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities - always see them, for they're always there.
Sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud; and after summer evermore succeeds barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold: so cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet.
So it is more useful to watch a man in time of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask it torn off, reality remains.
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.
Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
Who works with all the strength he can Shall never die in debt to man.
There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.
I love people. I love my family, my children… but inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.
