“It doesn't matter if the water is cold or warm if you're going to have to wade through it anyway.”

— Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

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French philosopher and Jesuit priest 1881–1955

Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…

“Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn't matter. Cold or warm. Tired or well-rested. Despised or honored. Dying . . . or busy with other assignments.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Hays translation
Source: Meditations (c. AD 121–180), Book VI, 2

“I was going to put what birthday it was on the sign," he said, "but Jace said that after twenty, you're just old, so it doesn't matter anyway."
Jace stopped with his fork halfway to his mouth.
"I said that?”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“When you're cold, don't expect sympathy from someone who's warm.”

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn book One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Source: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

“Courage is when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

Variant: Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird