Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden. Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.

If you regard discomfort as a normal condition, you will not be dissatisfied.

He who knows only victory and does not know defeat will suffer for it.

All human wisdom is summed up in two words: wait and hope.

-- Alexandre Dumas

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

-- Charles Dickens

There will always be time to imagine a different ending.

-- Gabriel García Márquez

An action committed in anger is an action doomed to failure.

-- Genghis Khan

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

-- Leo Tolstoy

Without detachment, one cannot clarify purpose; without tranquility, one cannot reach far.

-- Zhuge Liang