Quotes to help you get a grip
You’re already running behind when, as you’re buckling your screaming toddler into the car, you notice he’s wearing two different types of shoes. You back over a toy
You’re having a very bad day. And the clock hasn’t yet struck 9 a.m.
When I have days like that, I sometimes break into song: “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
“The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.”
—Brendan Behan, Irish author and playwright
“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.”
—Marie Curie, scientist
“Trouble is the common denominator of living, and it can be a blessing. Problems act like a grindstone to smooth and polish us.”
—Ann Landers, advice columnist
“Action is the antidote to despair.”
—Joan Baez, folk singer and political activist
“The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortune, but its fears.”
—Arthur Christopher Benson, poet
“The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.”
—Theodore Rubin, psychiatrist
“The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
—Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States
“Fear is faith that it won’t work out.”
—Sister Mary Tricky
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