Brave people seek opportunities, the timid wait for them, and the foolish miss them.
Stop worrying about tomorrow. Today's sorrows should be handled today. People are rarely crushed by the pain of the day, but often by the anxiety of the unknown. In many cases, events do not turn out as badly as imagined. Looking back on more than forty years of experience, the things that once caused immense pain are now like clouds passing by. Moreover, most of them never actually happened; they were merely false alarms.
Whether emotions, appearances, or desires, all are momentary and ever-changing. — Henri Bergson, Creative Evolution
Though low in position, I dare not forget the welfare of the country. — Lu You
The lamp of life is lit by passion; the boat of life moves forward through struggle.
Tolerance is as gentle as water. When facing conflicts, it is often more effective than excessive retaliation. Like a spring of clear water, it gently wipes away temporary hostility, allowing people to calm down, see the true cause of the matter, and understand themselves better.
A ground covered with yellow chrysanthemums piled up, withered and decayed, who now would pick them? Sitting by the window, how can one pass the lonely night? The plane tree adds fine rain, until dusk, drop by drop. This scene, how can it be expressed by the single word of sorrow? — Li Qingzhao, Slow Tune
When man thinks, God laughs.
Right here, those who must succeed and progress see an opportunity in every adversity, while the pessimistic see some kind of adversity in every opportunity.
It is not the environment that shapes me, but my decisions. — Stephen R. Covey
Youth tends to see problems in extremes. It is precisely because of this 'excess' that youth does not just let things be when seeing so much wool hanging on the trees by the roadside. By twenty, young people begin to have some sense of proportion; before thirty, their sharp edges are worn down. After that, they become conventional and tactful, turning into watchtowers that can rotate in all directions. — Romain Rolland
