My mind was so at odds with itself that I did nothing, no work, no gardening, nothing at all for months on end, but even then to take my best spade from the wall and just swing that balanced purposefulness from a clenched hand was enough to raise hopes, enough to mend - Monty Don http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books…
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down- Charles F. Kettering
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer - Albert Camus
Humans are incredibly resilient creatures and yet, our societies and systems aren't - Laurie Mazur
Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure - William Saroyan http://j.mp/Tvmozg
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow- Mary Anne Radmacher
Any man can work when every stroke of his hands brings down the fruit rattling from the tree ... but to labour in season and out of season, under every discouragement ... that requires a heroism which is transcendent - Henry Ward Beecher
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her - David Brinkley
A stumble may prevent a fall - English Proverb
am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it - Pablo Picasso http://bit.ly/14v3LC