The difference between towering and cowering is totally a matter of inner posture.
Failure is success if we learn from it.
Blaming destiny is a poor out for those who don't reach desired destinations.
Daydreams are doable. The turn-on is not in scale, spectacle, or cost. It's in the doing. Anything you haven't done is an adventure. Wanting to is the principal requirement. If you can do and want to, don't not. In short, while alive, live.
It doesn't take much of a rule to measure a mean man.
When young, you're shocked by the number of people who turn out to have feet of clay. Older, you're surprised by the number of people who don't.