Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.

No man can be confronted with a difficulty which he has not the strength to meet and subdue. Worry is not merely useless, it is folly, for it defeats that power and intelligence which is otherwise equal to the task.

Ever since his first attack

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

There has not yet been a person in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

If thou willingly bear the Cross, it will bear thee, and will bring thee to the end which thou seekest, even where there shall be the end of suffering; though it shall not be here. If thou bear it unwillingly, thou makest a burden for thyself and greatly increaseth thy load, and yet thou must bear it. If thou cast away one cross, without doubt thou shalt find another and perchance a heavier.

To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.

It was in the nature of this sacrifice that it should appear to be pointless in the normal world, the world of material success.

suffer unnecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and use it to hang your troubles.

Don't give up when dark times come. The more storms you face in life, the stronger you'll be. Hold on. Your greater is coming.

In the grueling light that passed for day...