Quotegasm*

The course of true anything never does run smooth.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.

Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

Life didn't promise to be wonderful.

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out.

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.

People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.

I believe half the unhappiness in life comes from people being afraid to go straight at things.

As I grow older I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

Men expect too much, do too little.

Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.