If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain.

Waves are inspiring not because they rise and fall, but because each time they fall they never fail to rise again.

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.

Be patient where you sit in the dark. The dawn is coming.

When you don't come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that's difficult to come by.

Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.

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.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

To establish true self-esteem, we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.