You need your strength and you need as much support from family, friends, and loved ones as you can get.

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.

The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.

Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

The freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success.

Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out.

Curiosity is the best motive for writing: curiosity about the world at large, or about oneself.