Love will find you when you least expect it to. It will come unannounced and find you in an unusual moment on the strangest of days!
The race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong.
If our education had included training to bear unpleasantness and to let the first shock pass until we could think more calmly many an unbearable situation would become manageable and many a nervous...
You will find a joy in overcoming obstacles.
You will suffer and you will hurt. You will have joy and you will have peace.
Monotony is the awful reward of the careful.
Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist since at least half of the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
Man lives by habits indeed but what he lives for is thrill and excitements. ... From time immemorial war has been ... the supremely thrilling excitement.
Days that lift us like a wave, when you feel you could live forever.
It takes time to succeed because success is merely the natural reward of taking time to do anything well.
Being human we should bear all we can.
Patience is a bitter plant but it has sweet fruit.
If matters go badly now they will not always be so.
In the darkest hour the soul is replenished and given strength to continue and endure.
Boredom is useful to me when I notice it and think: Oh I'm bored there must be something else I want to be doing ... boredom acts as an initiator of originality by pushing me into new activities or n...
Dullness is a misdemeanor.
Banality is a terribly likely consequence of the underuse of a good mind.
Boredom ... causes us to neglect more duties than does interest.
Every attempt to fix eternity is an escape from reality. I will be plaguing my days with moments and minutes. For ever is too far!
Anything can happen to anyone at any time and you shouldn't just live through the days, or you lose them. You should do what you can to enjoy every moment.