We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

All happiness depends on courage and work.” — Honoré de Balzac

Regret is in the past. Fear is in the future. In the present I can manage whatever is actually happening.”
–Paul Williams

Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.”
–Rainer Maria Rilke

It’s not so much about getting what you want as having what it takes to give to others.”
–Danielle LaPorte

Patience, noun. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.”
— Ambrose Bierce

The only justification we have for looking down on someone is that we’re going to stop and pick them up.”
— Jesse Jackson

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.”
— Buddha

You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
— Jon Kabat-Zinn

Happiness is like jam, you can’t spread even a little without getting some on yourself.” 
—Vern McLellan