“Genius is eternal patience. ”
– Michelangelo
Inspirational thoughts
Challenges…
“Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all’.”
– Ernest Shackleton
Forgiveness
“I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.” —Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
Life and death
“We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.” – Chuck Palahniuk
Gratitude
“When you’re washing up, pray. Be thankful that there are plates to be washed; that means there was food, that you fed someone, that you’ve lavished care on one or more people, that you cooked and laid the table. Imagine the millions of people at this moment who have absolutely nothing to wash up and no one for whom to lay the table.” Paulo Coelho
Risk taking
‘If you place your head in a lion’s mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.’ Agatha Christie
Boundaries
“It is good to be unselfish and generous; but don’t carry that too far. It will not do to give yourself to be melted down for the benefit of the tallow-trade; you must know where to find yourself.” George Eliot
Slow down
“It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.” – The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Smiling…
“Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.” Mark Twain
Trials of life
“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.” -Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo