Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.
Learn From Yesterday, Live for Today, hope for tomorrow.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
Learn from yesterday, live for today.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
If we lose our hope, that's our real disaster!
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that
Courage is not the absence of fear...
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.
Have you ever stopped to consider the power of words? Through mere words, wars have started and ended. Tender feelings have been hurt and soothed. Courage has been instilled and fear has been implanted. Lives have been destroyed and others changed for the better. Think back on your own life when words have hurt you deeply or have comforted and given you strength and hope to do better.
There's something about sober living and sober thinking, about facing long afternoons without the numbing distraction of anesthesia that disabuses you of the belief in the externals, shows you that strength and hope come not from circumstances or the acquisition of things, but from the simple accumulation of active experience, from gritting the teeth and checking the items off the list, one by one, even if it's painful and you're afraid.
You are on the look out for experience, strength, and hope. You want to hear from the horse's mouth exactly how disappointments have been survived. It helps to know that the greats have had hard times too and that your own hard times merely make you part of the club.
...remember and think about the closeness of the Creator. If you live in this wisdom, it will give you endless strength and hope.
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