The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.
Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your losses too long.
Power is only vouchsafed to the man who dares to stoop and pick it up. There is only one thing, one thing needful: one has only to dare![Bласть дается только тому, кто посмеет наклониться и взять ее. Тут одно только, одно: стоит только посметь!]
Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act upon what he believes would motivate him if he were mad enough to do what that other man or woman is doing.
Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. Don’t let yourself lose me.[Laß dir Alles geschehn: Schönheit und Schrecken. Man muß nur gehn: Kein Gefühl ist das fernste. Laß dich von mir nicht trennen.]
If you have a past that dissatisfies you, forget it now. Imagine a new story of your life, and believe in it. Concentrate only on those moments in which you achieved what you desired, and this strength will help you to accomplish what you want.
If you cannot do great things yourself, remember that you may do small things in a great way.
If you believe in what you are doing, then you must fight for it. You must stay. Do not let anyone frighten you away.
I try all things; I achieve what I can.
I still live, I still think; I must still live, for I must still think.[Noch lebe ich, noch denke ich: ich muss noch leben, denn ich muss noch denken.]
I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.[Buddhist quote on Ellen’s bathroom mirror]
