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Happy is he who learns to bear what he cannot change!

Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers.

He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances.

He who attempts to resist the wave is swept away, but he who bends before it abides.

He who cannot do what he wants must make do with what he can.

He who doesn't accept the conditions of life sells his soul.

He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate ... can look fortune in the face.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ''This is a misfortune'' but ''To bear this worthily is good fortune.''

How base a thing it is when a man will struggle with necessity! We have to die.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.

I not only bow to the inevitable, I am fortified by it.

I will not meddle with that which I cannot mend.

If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.

If you are wise, live as you can; if you cannot, live as you would.

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at second, or even the third place.

If you bear the cross unwillingly, you make it a burden, and load yourself more heavily; but you must bear it.

If you cast away one cross, you will certainly find another, and perhaps a heavier.

If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job.

If you have arthritis, calmly say, I was always complaining about the ruts in the road until I realized that the ruts are the road.


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