"Troubles are exceedingly gregarious in their nature,..." - Quote by Charles Dickens

“The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour.”

“Reflect upon your present blessings”

“And I am bored to death with it. Bored to death with this place, bored to death with my life, bored to death with myself.”

“When your spinal cord freezes up, you're vulnerable to everything. But he [Chrestopher Reese] was tough as nails. And he kept a great, kind of dark sense of humor about it, but also was able to accomplish amazing things.”

“The trials and pressures of life--and how we face them--often define us. Confronted by adversity, many people give up while others rise up. How do those who succeed do it? They persevere. They find the benefit to them personally that comes from any trial. And they recognize that the best thing about adversity is coming out on the other side of it. There is a sweetness to overcoming your troubles and finding something good in the process, however small it may be. Giving up when adversity threatens can make a person bitter. Persevering through adversity makes one better.”

“Is it not when the fall is the lowest that charity ought to be the greatest?”

“There is no misfortune, but to bear it nobly is good fortune.”

“The door could not be heard slamming; they had probably left it open, as is the custom in homes where a great misfortune has occurred.”

“In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.”