You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
Nothing alive can stand still, it goes forward or back. Life is interesting only as long as it is a process of growth; or, to put it another way, we can only grow as long as we are interested.
Everybody wants something.
Be flexible, but stick to your principles.
Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier.
Furnish an example, stop preaching, stop shielding, don't prevent self-reliance and initiative, allow your children to develop along thier own lines.