Lincoln

“When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.”
― Epictetus, The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness

“In the long run men only hit what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“he who has ambitiously yearned to possess, proudly scorned, recklessly conquered, treacherously betrayed, greedily seized, or lavishly squandered, must fear his own memory.”
― Seneca, On the Shortness of Life: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader

“The great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote, “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. / I awoke and saw that life was service. / I acted and behold, service was joy.”
― Anne Lamott, Help Thanks Wow: Three Essential Prayers