You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
EpicurusPleasure is our first and kindred good. It is the starting point of every choice and of every aversion, and to it we always come back, inasmuch as we make feeling the rule by which to judge of every good thing.
EpicurusIt is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
EpicurusThe pleasant life is not produced by continual drinking and dancing, nor sexual intercourse, nor rare dishes of sea food and other delicacies of a luxurious table. On the contrary, it is produced by sober reasoning which examines the motives for every choice and avoidance, driving away beliefs which are the source of mental disturbances.
Epicurus