“The bread eaten in tears of which Goethe speaks the sleepless nights of sorrow are required for a clear vision of the celestial powers. Fortunately the same qualities that occasion the conflict insure the victory also. From days of gloom and depression such as we have been considering no doubt came…”— George John, amazon.com
“In your temporary failure there is no evidence that you may not yet be a better scholar and a more successful man in the great struggle of life than many others who have entered college more easily.”— Abraham Lincoln, amazon.com
“I have scarcely felt greater pain in my life. And yet, there is very little in it, if you will allow no feelings of discouragement to seize and prey upon you.”— Abraham Lincoln, amazon.com
“Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen and your life will go well.”— Epictetus, amazon.com