Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction. Ultimately people shape their own characters.
I believe in the sun, even when it rains.
Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.
Crying can bring relief, as long as you don't cry alone.
It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.