"... Acceptance of what has happened is the first step in overcoming the consequences of any misfortune." -William James "There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will." - Epictetus ( nineteen centuries ago) "When we stop fighting the inevitable, we release energy which enables us to create a richer life." - Elsie Mac-Cormick in a Reader's Digest article "No one living has enough emotion and vigour to fight the inevitable and, at the same time, enough left over to create a new life. Choose one or the other. - Dale Carnegie "The cost of a thing is the amount of what I call life, which is required to be exchanged for it immediately or in the long run." - Henry Thoreau "We are fools when we overpay for a thing in terms of what it takes out of our very existence." - Dale Carnegie
“Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one.” ― Dean Koontz, The Darkest Evening of the Year I think I have all his books. Except the Odd Thomas series, and Frankenstein.
“ I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. ” Read more at http://quotespanel.com/quotes/view/51#FFBw7cQKYpHwCZr0.99
Here is one of my favorites, "A perfect cherry blossom is a rare thing. You can spend your whole life looking for one, and it will not be a wasted life." -Katsumoto (Last Samurai) Not from a book but I thought it was worth sharing!
Here's one that I'm sure most of you have heard but I think it's great to be reminded off Man is not the creature of circumstances, cirmunstances is the creature of men. -Benjamin Disraeli I like to always keep that one at the forefront of my thoughts