Life shrinks and expands in proportion to one's courage

Anais Nin

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is to -- act as if it were impossible to fail

-Dorothy Brande

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings

-Eric Hoffer

For after all, the best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

-Socrates

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

-Thomas Szasz

Talk doesn't cook rice

-Chinese proverb

We judge others by their behaviour. We judge ourselves by our intentions.

-Ian Percy

A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance

-Gian Carlo Menotti

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

-Japanese proverb

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future

-Fulton Oursler

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

-Dr Wayne Dyer

People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.

-Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook

-William James

Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

-Albert Einstein

Forget injuries, never forget kindness

-Confucius

knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day

-Zen proverb

Consider how hard it its to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others

-Jacob M. Braude

When walking, walk. When eating, eat.

-Zen proverb

The infinite is in the finite of every instant

-zen proverb

The obstacle is the path.

~Zen Proverb

Forever is composed of nows.

-Emily Dickinson

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

-Mahatma Gandhi

People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.

-Norman Cousins

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow

-Albert Einstein

To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity

-Edward Weeks

For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe

-author unkown

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it a someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

-Buddha

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less

-Rick Warren