“Life is a romantic business. It is painting a picture–not doing a sum–but you have to make it a romance, an it will come to the question of how much fire you have in your belly.”
“To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old.”
Both of these quotes come from Oliver Wendell Holmes, and exemplify great wisdom in what type of mindset and attitude will carry us best in the day.