It's not imagination on my part when I say that to look up at the sky, the clouds, the moon, and the stars make me calm and patient.

Anne Frank

You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for.

Craig Bruce

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

Sophie Swetchine

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Martin Luther King

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Abraham Lincoln

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

Carl Jung