To accept whatever comes regardless of the consequences is to be unafraid.
Let us be brave in the face of adversity.
When things go wrong, don't go with them.
A chuckle a day may not keep the doctor away but it sure does make those times in life's waiting room a little more bearable.
Dreaming or awake, we perceive only events that have meaning to us.
The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well.
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
The average author hawks their books at many events. They are vigilant promoters, waiting for a breakthrough. They do this, or else watch their novel wither away.
The process of mind is mechanical, and the data of the thoughts and imagination can be changed, by changing the experiences and impressions of life.
Happiness is not a matter of events it depends upon the tides of the mind.
Wrinkles should only indicate where smiles have been.
A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference ... it pardons shortcomings it consoles failure. It recommends moderation.
To a brave man good and bad luck are like his right and left hand. He uses both.
Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
If I had no sense of humor I should long ago have committed suicide.
Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever even if your whole world seems upset.
What the caterpillar calls a tragedy the Master calls a butterfly.
A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.
Were it not for my little jokes I could not bear the burdens of this office.
Whatever evil befalls us we ought to ask ourselves ... how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion from one bitter root to raise perhaps many flowers.