Victimization status is the modern promised land of absolution from personal responsibility.

...home-schooled students are able to successfully adapt emotionally, interpersonally, and academically to their first, and most challenging, semester in college. That is probably because, having had the consistent teaching and support of a family and a community, they have developed strengths and convictions that provide a bridge over the troubled waters of a multitude of challenges and temptations.

If you're a liberal, anything you say is protected. If you're a conservative, anything you say is hateful.

Distance lasts a day. But Reality lasts a lifetime.

We, as human beings, should wish to be loved and embraced for our character, respected and relied on for our courage, and trusted for our conscience.

This is all you have. This is not a dry run. This is your life. If you want to fritter it away with your fears, then you will fritter it away, but you won't get it back later.

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.