Difficulties in life are intended to make us better not bitter.

"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."

-- Robert Heinlein, American Novelist

"We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons."

-- Jim Rohn, Motivational Coach

"Fortune favors the audacious."

-- Desiderius Erasmus, Theologian

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes in to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands, and hopes we've learned something from yesterday."

-- John Wayne, Actor

"Difficulties in life are intended to make us better not bitter."

-- Dan Reeves, Football Coach

"Any fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction."

-- Albert Einstein, scientist

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet ....

"Great hopes make everything great possible."

-- Benjamin Franklin, Statesman

"The world is more malleable than you think, and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape. "

-- Bono, musician

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved."

-- Helen Keller, lecturer

"Hope doesn't come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the bad. It's simply a choice to take action."

-- Anna Lappe, Writer

"If we had to point out one single notion that is calculated to damage industrial performance... it is the idea that profit is somehow wrong. "

-- Margaret Thatcher, British prime minister

Opportunity in Every Difficulty

"The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake."-- Alan Greenspan, economist

"We must look for the opportunity in every difficulty instead of being paralyzed at the thought of the difficulty in every opportunity." -- Walter E. Cole, Korean War Hero

"Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed." -- Cavett Robert 

"You do not succeed because you do not know what you want or you don't want it intensely enough." -- Frank Crane, Minister

"Luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it."
-- Samuel Goldwyn, entertainment executive 

"When you find yourself stressed, ask yourself one question: Will this matter five years from now? If yes, then do something about the situation. If no, then let it go." -- Catherine Pulsifer, writer