The lesson is, because there will be many lemons in life, to learn to make the proverbial lemonade - and be open and honest. That's the best way of doing damage control and positioning yourself for success.
Vivek Wadhwa
It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them.
R.A. Salvatore
Percy wouldn't notice a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing one of Dobby's hats.
J.K. Rowling
My father was a man of love. He always loved me to death. He worked hard in the fields, but my father never hit me. Never. I don't ever remember a really cross, unkind word from my father.
Johnny Cash
One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness.
Gustave Flaubert
To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
Miguel de Cervantes
People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success.
Tony Levin
You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.
Jodi Picoult