There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.
Thomas W. Higginson
We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.
Salvatore Quasimodo
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.
Aristotle
Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
Vaclav Havel
There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them.But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.
Paulo Coelho
Humor has always been important to me. If there is a shield of faith that you can keep up against difficulties, humor is the Teflon coating.
Laurel Lea
You need to love yourself and be yourself one hundred percent before you can actually love someone else.
Christina Perri
Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.
Rumi
Just living is not enough,"said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
Hans Christian Andersen
It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
J.R.R. Tolkien