It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.

True nature being lost, everything becomes its own nature; as the true good being lost, everything becomes its own true good.

Blaise Pascal

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

Epicurus

Life is full of change, honey. That's how we learn and grow. When we're born, the Good Lord gives each of us a Life book. Chapter by chapter, we live and learn.

Beth Hoffman

Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks they are the summits of ranges.

Thomas W. Higginson

When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.

Adam Ant

Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions are all based upon that large defect in your race -- the individual's distrust of his neighbor, and his desire, for safety's or comfort's sake, to stand well in his neighbor's eye. These institutions will always remain, and always flourish, and always oppress you, affront you, and degrade you, because you will always be and remain slaves of minorities. There was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions.

Mark Twain

I was really into classifieds for awhile. I'm a big negotiator. My father owned a car dealership when I was younger... it's just in my blood.

Jake Johnson

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

Laurence J. Peter

Down went the owners -- greedy men whom hope of gain allured: oh, dry the starting tear, for they were heavily insured.

W. S. Gilbert

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.

Horace

She says your not truly human until you've had your heart broken and you've broken someone's heart.

Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Number one on my list of things to do before I die is become immortal. Obviously there is no number two on my list.?

Jarod Kintz