Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad RūmīThe role of the teacher is like the proverbial ‘ladder’, used by everyone to climb up in life, but the ladder itself stays in its place.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamMan needs difficulties in life because they are necessary to enjoy the success.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamExperience life in all possible ways—good-bad, bitter-sweet, dark-light, summer-winter. Experience all the dualities. Don't be afraid of experience because the more experience you have, the more mature you become.
OshoSadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth.
Osho