Here are some quotes from books I am reading:

Not from a book, but a newsletter. “So, in the middle of a workday, we ordered two 1lb cheeseburgers, stacked them on top of each other and then proceeded to make a terrible decision.” (Jon Acuff)

“Frustration is a matter of expectation.” (Luis Van Ohn in Ferris, Tools of Titans)

“I am an old man and I have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.” —Mark Twain

“They were now in the palace garden which sloped down in terraces to the city wall. The moon shone brightly. One of the drawbacks about adventures is that when you come to the most beautiful places you are often too anxious and hurried to appreciate them; so that Aravis (though she remembered them years later) had only a vague impression of gray lawns, quietly bubbling fountains, and the long black shadows of cypress trees.” (Lewis, Horse and his boy)

“Life’s a forge! Yes, and hammer and anvil, too! You’ll be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and you’ll scarce know what’s happening to you. But stand boldly to it! Metal’s worthless till it’s shaped and tempered! More labor than luck. Face the pounding, don’t fear the proving; and you’ll stand well against any hammer and anvil.” (Lloyd Alexander, Taran Wanderer)

“Many have pursued honor, and in the pursuit lost more of it than ever they could gain. (Lloyd Alexander, Taran Wanderer)