Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)

by Robin Hobb

“Refuse the anxiety. When you borrow trouble against what might be, you neglect the moment you have now to enjoy. The man who worries about what will next be happening to him loses this moment in dread of the next, and poisons the next with pre-judgment.”

‘One must plan for the future and anticipate the future without fearing the future.’

‘For the weakest has but to try his strength to find it, and then he shall be strong.’ ”