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Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.
“When you’re screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they’ve given up on you.”
The brick walls are there for a reason. They’re not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
The brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
Time must be explicitly managed, like money.
Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think.
TOO MANY people go through life complaining about their problems. I’ve always believed that if you took one-tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you’d be surprised by how well things can work out.
Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won’t make us happier.
When it comes to men who are romantically interested in you, it’s really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.”
EXPERIENCE IS what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.
Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.
Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I feel badly that I hurt you. 3) How do I make this better?
As I see it, a parent’s job is to encourage kids to develop a joy for life and a great urge to follow their own dreams. The best we can do is to help them develop a personal set of tools for the task.
