The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. – Dean Acheson

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome - Booker T. Washington

Most problems can't be solved, they must be out-grown – Carl Jung

I'm grateful for the opportunity to live on this beautiful and astonishing planet Earth. In the morning, I wake up with a sense of gratitude. – Earl Nightingale

Put silk on a goat, and it’s still a goat – Irish Proverb – Let’s not put masks on our challenges – Instead, let’s solve them!

Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. -Mark Twain

A kind word can warm three months of winter. – Japanese Proverb