Life…

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain

– Vivian Greene

Each…

Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems

– Rene Descartes

 

We are…

We are not the product of what has happened to us in the past. We have the power of choice

– Stephen Covey

Finally…

Finally I was able to see that if I had a contribution I wanted to make, I must do it, despite what others said.

That I was OK the way I was.

That it was all right to be strong

– Wangari Maathai

But…

But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer

– Viktor Frankl

Our…

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall

– Confucius

Patience…

Patience, perseverance, commitment and resilience have one thing in comm; tolerance of failure

– Michael Kouly

Empathy…

Empathy for other people’s feelings requires a counter-balancing quality of toughness to not be controlled by their pain

– Al Siebert

Thinking…

Thinking is easy, acting difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action, the most difficult thing in the world.

– Goethe

Life…

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

– Victor Frankl