"Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose."

"God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome them."

"Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do."

"Don't judge a man by where he is, because you don't know how far he has come."

"Don't shine so that others can see you. Shine so that through you, others can see him."

"Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead."