- You humans are puny, weak.

- But our spirit is indomitable.

 The future must be met, however stern and iron it be.

Elizabeth Gaskell

 Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

(Horace)

 It's hard to believe in coincidence, but it's even harder to believe in anything else.

(John Green)

 To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.

(Pearl S. Buck)

 Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

(Coco Chanel)

 Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

(Napoleon Hill)