Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

The strength of women is the pretense of weakness, and the weakness of men is the pretense of strength

There's a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to want what they can't have and not want what is readily available to them.

Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the shape of consistency of enduring hatred.

You don't want to get the same kind of advice from everyone on your board.

Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you're going to do about it.