Men's best successes come after their disappointments 

— Henry Ward Beecher

When life gives you lemons‚ cut them in half and squirt life in the eye! 

—  Author Unknown

It matters not what a person is born but what they choose to be 

— Joanne Kathleen Rowling

Man is not of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men 

— Benjamin Disraeli

There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will 

— Epictetus

No great man ever complains of want of opportunities 

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those you hold well 

— Author unknown

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first 

— Shakespeare

I have lived a long life and had many troubles, most of which never happened 

— Mark Twain

Life isn’t about finding yourself, life is about creating yourself 

— Anonymous

We make the world we live in and shape our own environment  

— Orison Swett Marden

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be  

— Abraham Lincoln

The longer we dwell on our misfortunes‚ the greater is their power to harm us 

— Voltaire

It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often it 

— W. Somerset Maugham

The path to success is to take massive‚ determined action  

— Tony Robbins

You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore 

— Christopher Columbus

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have laboured hard for 

— Socrates

Never neglect an opportunity for improvement 

— Sir William Jones

Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still  

— Chinese Proverb

Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity’s door if you ardently wish to enter 

— B C Forbes