“If you scatter thorns, don’t go barefoot.” — Italian proverb

“No one learns to swim in the shallow end of the of the pool.” — Michelle A. Homme

“Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.” — Theodore Roethke

“I called my lawyer and said, ‘Can I ask you two questions?’ He said, ‘What’s the second question?” — Finagle’s Rule