It's no great achievement to go along with the crowd. Be the unusual guy, the extraordinary guy.
The thought, 'I can't' is a lie. We use it to excuse ourselves from trying.
Since your outcomes are all a result of your moment-to-moment choices, you have incredible power to change your life by changing those choices. Step by step, day by day, your choices will shape your actions until they become habits, where practice makes them permanent.
In essence, you make your choices, and then your choices make you.
Giving to others is the greatest gift you can give yourself.
Commitment is doing the thing you said you were going to do long after the mood you said it in has left you.