After every affliction there is enjoyment.

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.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. The proceed to improve on the worst.

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.

You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.

Old age is no place for sissies.

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.