When you are offended at any man's fault,
turn to yourself and study your own failings.
Then you will forget your anger.
- Epictetus
All the world is full of suffering.
It is also full of overcoming.
- Helen Keller
Ninety-nine percent of the failures
come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
- George Washington Carver
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb
It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out;
it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
- Robert W. Service
Where there is no accusation of "fault,"
there can be no anger.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Sometimes "bad" things just happen. Try to avoid lashing out at whoever is handiest - your spouse, your family, your friend, the government, God.
Direct your attention to finding a way forward,
rather than to assigning blame.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: How to Deal with Anger
Revenge is Never the Answer
When You Have Been Wronged
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