All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
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. I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do. I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.
Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience.
They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
- Helen Keller
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I always loved this explanation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k1uOqRb0HU