"The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us." -Voltaire
"Why always, 'not yet?' Do flowers in spring say, 'not yet?'" -Norman Douglas
"If you want to do something, do it!" -Plautus
"The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man." -Roy L. Smith
"Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are." -Julius Charles Hare
"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper." -Francis Bacon
"He that lives upon hope will die fasting." -Benjamin Franklin