Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed. - Baltasar Gracian
Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends. - Richard Bach
Do not be dismayed to learn there is a bit of the devil in you. There is a bit of the devil in us all. - Arthur Byron Cover
Don't be dismayed by the opinions of editors, or critics. They are only the traffic cops of the arts. - Gene Fowler