In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements.

Examine the life of the best and most productive men and nations, and ask yourselves whether a tree which is to grow proudly skywards can dispense with bad weather and storms. Whether misfortune and opposition, or every kind of hatred, jealousy, stubbornness, distrust, severity, greed, and violence do not belong to the favourable conditions without which a great growth even of virtue is hardly possible?

Even if you have a terminal disease, you don't have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have.

Face to face, difficulties which appear really insuperable at a distance are very often removed altogether from our path.

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.

Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.