Every cloud engenders not a storm.

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

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.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Old age is no place for sissies.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

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.

The shell must break before the bird can fly.

Man is neither angel nor beast; and the misfortune is that he who would act the angel acts the beast.