Better to suffer than to die: that is mankind’s motto.

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.

A setback only paves the way for a comeback.

Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.

A series of failures may culminate in the best possible result.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

No garden is without its weeds.

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.

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.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence every one must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.