Quotations from Brainy Smurf 218

"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." --Joshua J. Marine

"The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem." --Theodore Rubin

"He who binds to himself a joy, / Does the winged life destroy; /
He who kisses the joy as it flies, / Lives in Eternity's sun rise."
--William Blake, poet, engraver, and painter (1757-1827)

"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like." --Will Rogers, humorist (1879-1935)

Quotations from Brainy Smurf 217

"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death." --Thomas Paine

Quotations from Brainy Smurf 213

"Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant." --Horace

Quotations from Brainy Smurf 192

"We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have 'crossed bridges' in their imagination far ahead of the crowd." --Anon.

Quotations from Brainy Smurf 189

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." --George Bernard Shaw