Anybody can get chewed out. It's the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the reason is... We've all heard that

One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.

The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures.

Be good at something. It makes you valuable. Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.

When you do something young enough and you train for it, it just becomes a part of you.

But I want her to grow up knowing that I was the first man ever to fall in love with her. I'd always thought the father/daughter thing was overstated. But I can tell you, sometimes, she looks at me and I just become a puddle.

Sometimes all you have to do is ask, and it can lead to all your dreams coming true.