Og Mandino

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.

Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment.

Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do so with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.

Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind, or permit others to set up for you.

A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.