Joy

The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach, is Joy.

--Fra Giovanni

Duty

There is one thing . . . which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty: not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. 

 --Mr. Knightley in Jane Austen's Emma

Winds

You wouldn't abandon ship in a storm just because you couldn't control the winds.  

--Saint Thomas More 

Some things

There are some things you learn best in calm,
and some in storm.
- Willa Cather

Some day

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.

--A.A. Milne

One dream

If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.

-- Flavia

There

There is no such thing as loving or believing too much.

--Flavia