In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.

SENECA

What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.

WENDELL PHILLIPS

We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

In life our first job is this, to divide and distinguish things into two categories: externals I cannot control, but the choices I make with regard to them I do control. Where will I find good and bad? In me, in my choices. — EPICTETUS