"The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it. If you can't ignore it, top it. If you can't top it, laugh at it. If you can't laugh at it, it's
probably deserved."
– Joseph Russell Lynes
"The “if” thinker broods over a difficulty or a setback. The “how” thinker wastes no energy on postmortems when trouble or even disaster hits him. He
immediately starts looking for the best solution.”
"The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in
yourself alone."
- Orison Swett Marden
"If your everyday day life seems poor, don't blame it; blame yourself; admit to yourself that you are not enough of a poet to call forth its riches; because for
the creator there is no poverty and no indifferent place.”
"It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice and example could never
have taught them so well as failure has done.”