Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously. Iris Murdoch
Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. Viktor Frankl
There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. George Eliot
Fate can be taken by the horns, like a goat, and pushed in the right direction. American Proverb
The bull should be taken by the horns, a man at his word. Bantu Proverb
Spoken words cannot be taken back. Icelandic Proverb