Sayings

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors
—African proverb

The good things of prosperity are to be wished
but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired
—Seneca (4 bc–65 ad)

It is easy enough to be pleasant when life flows like a song
But the man worthwhile is the one who will smile
When everything goes dead wrong
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919)

I can't change the direction of the wind
but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination
-Jimmy Dean (1928–)

You cannot control what happens to you but you can control
your attitude toward what happens to you
and in that you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you
—Brian Tracy (1944–)

Reflect upon your blessings of which every man has plenty
not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some
—Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

The only disability in life is a bad attitude
—Scott Hamilton (1958–)

Discipline is learnt in the school of adversity
—Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

In the middle of a difficulty lies opportunity
—Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming
—Helen Keller (1880)

Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
—Abraham Lincoln