When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. – Alexander Graham Bell

“She who loves roses must be patient and not cry out when she is pierced by thorns.” – Olga Brouman

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny. – Albert Ellis

Most people aren’t appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known only to ourselves. No one throws ticker tape on the man who chose to be faithful to his wife, on the lawyer who didn’t take the drug money, on the daughter who held her tongue again and again. […]

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. – Mingon McLaughlin

I have two enemies in all the world, Two twins, inseparably pooled: The hunger of the hungry and The fullness of the full. – Marina Tsvetaeva

The birds are molting. If only man could molt his mind and heart once a year. – James Allen

Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupations is exhilarating and life-giving. – Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves. – Rudyard Kipling

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of becoming.” – Johann Goethe (1749-1832)