You cannot run away form weakness ; you must some time fight it out or perish ; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?

 Robert Luis Stevenson

いずれ弱さを克服しなければ

死ぬしかない

今　何ができる

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

from The Way of All Flesh

Samuel Butler

いちばん大切なのは、生きるのを楽しむこと

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.

 Alexander Graham Bell

自分自身で自分を作る

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies...The man who never reads lives only one.

 George R.R. Martin

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.

 Voltaire

When things are at the worst, they will mend.

 Necessity is the mother of invention.

Even though you may think that you are cornered, there's always some way out.