I'm simply an accident. Why take it all so seriously? -Emile M. Cioran

There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense. -Thomas Hobbes

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. -Maya Angelou

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. -John Burroughs