When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up.   -Les Brown, motivational speaker

 

It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.  –Epictetus, an early Greek philosopher, born as a slave and won his freedom

 

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.  –Einstein, Nobel Prize winner for his work in physics

For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.

   -Jeremiah 29:11, the Bible, NRSV