Inspirational thoughts

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” – The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

“The quality I look for most is optimism: especially optimism in the face of reverses and apparent defeat. Optimism is true moral courage.”  Sir Ernest Shackleton 

“Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.”

“I want to talk about everything with at least one person as I talk about things with myself.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“We need never be ashamed of our tears.” – Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.” ~ Bjorn Borg

“He who masters the grey everyday is a hero.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky