1. God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
By Reinhold Niebuhr

2. We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
By Martin Luther King, Jr.

3. Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few more upon it.
By Albert Schweitzer

4. The most popular persons are those who take the world as it is, who find the least fault.
By Charles Dudley Warner