Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because don't know what to do with it.

People always arrive promptly at the places where they are expected.

She wasn't a victim of fate, she was running her own risks, pushing beyond her own limits, experiencing things which, one day, in the silence of her heart, in the tedium of old age, she would remember almost with nostalgia - however absurd that might seem.

But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.

Tough times test your valor, persistence and ability to make decisions. They force you to fight for your dreams.

However difficult it may be to accept what happens to us, one must understand that moments such as this give us the possibility for radical change in our behavior.

Considering the way the world is, one happy day is almost a miracle.