To dream anything that you want to dream. That's the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed. --Bernard Edmond

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson. --Tom Bodett

God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain. --C.S.Lewis

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. --William Butler Yeats

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted. --Samuel Smiles

May God give you...For every storm a rainbow, for every tear a smile, for every care a promise and a blessing in each trial. For every problem life sends, a faithful friend to share, for every sigh a sweet song and an answer for each prayer.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Happiness isn't always a feeling; it's often awareness or a choice of perspective on a situation.

Always dare to fail—never fail to dare.