You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.

You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

Calamity is man's true touchstone.

Calamity is man's true touchstone.

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you read more

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.

Failure does not count. If you accept this, you'll be successful. What causes most people to fail is that after read more

Failure does not count. If you accept this, you'll be successful. What causes most people to fail is that after one failure, they'll stop trying.

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to read more

Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to their weight; and if they do not come, your worry is useless; and in either case it is weak and in vain, and a distrust of God's providence.

A fault is sooner found than mended.

A fault is sooner found than mended.

There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.