Bright Spot

When there's a lot of light, you don't notice the dark. When there's a lot of dark, you always notice the light. - John Marsden

Surround yourself with light to avoid dark thoughts.

Lift Anchor

A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are built for. - John A. Shedd

The outcome of your journey depends on the one at the helm.

Adversity Breaks

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. - William Arthur Ward


And the choice is theirs.

Rocking Chair

Worry is like a rocking chair: It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere. - Erma Bombeck


Relax.

Try, Try Again

If at first you don't succeed, before you try again, stop to figure out what you did wrong. - Leo Rosten


If you continue to think what you thought you will continue to get what you got.

Troubled

No man is defeated without until he is defeated within. - Eleanor Roosevelt

..... Don't let 'em get to ya.

Finest Hour

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. - Vince Lombardi

... Nobody said it was going to be easy.

Trouble Anticipators

There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them. - Josh Billings


Interesting thought; not trouble-makers, just trouble-anticipators.

Brush It Off

Sometimes people do things that hurt and it's not because they mean to. They just do. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with you, but you end up hurt because of it. - Randy K. Milholland


Like he says, remember it doesn't have anything to do with you - brush it off.

Threatened Danger

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promply and without flinching, you will reduce it by half. - Sir Winston Churchill 

  He should know. He took his country through WWII. Read about it.

Listen and Learn

You can learn a lot from people who view the world differently than you do. - Anthony J. D'Angelo

  It pays to listen.

Which Way Does The Wind Blow?

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. - Bertha Calloway


  Stay at the helm.

Not Really Hinderences

Trials, temptations, disappointments — all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fibre of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. –  James Buckham


Every cloud has a silver lining - or a gold lining if approached correctly.

Beauty?

Beauty? Let me tell you something - being thought of as 'a beautiful woman' has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory. - Halle Berry


Being a beautiful person on the inside will spare you much.

Bright Side

Few cases of eyestrain have been developed by looking on the bright side of things. - Unknown


And a lot of misery results from not.

River of Tears

When someone hurts you; cry a river; build a bridge; and get over it! - Richard Middleton 


The sooner the better.

Light Stuck In Dark

You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in. - Arlo Guthrie


Your troubles always look better if you have something worse to compare.

Lemonade Time

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. - Ralph Waldo Emerson


When times are tough figure out how to make lemonade.

Quackable

Always behave like a duck - keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath - Jacob Braude


Quack, quack.

Goal Focusing

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. - Henry Ford 


If you happen to glimpse an obstacle, view it not as a brick wall but as a speed bump and refocus on your goal.