He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip.

Lao Tzu

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

Mahatma Gandhi

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

Henry David Thoreau

I exist as I am, that is enough.

Walt Whitman

Just keep in mind: the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.

Epictetus

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Tom Stoppard