We are our own potters; for our habits make us, and we make our habits.

Frederick Langbridge

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

Thucydides

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Confucius

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

Clare Boothe Luce

We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us.

Pema Chödrön

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.

Eckhart Tolle