Andre Gide First keep peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. So shines a good deed in a naughty world. William Shakespeare God looks at the clean hand, not the full one. It is vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray. Aesop One is never as fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
Nothing is permanent but change.
Heraclitus Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward. Kierkegaard Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. What we call adversity God calls opportunity. What we call tribulation God calls growth. The person who is busy counting blessings has no time to take inventory of injuries.