“The course of true love never did run smooth.” – William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“Impatience asks for the impossible, wants to reach the goal without the means of getting there.” – Hegel

“The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.” – Bill Watterson

“Everything is hard before it is easy.” – Goethe

“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” – Charles Dickens

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” – A. A. Milne

“Most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you.” – Anne Lamott

“There is not love of life without despair about life.” – Albert Camus

“When you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in the exact same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is a lie to pretend to.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” – Carl Sagan