The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

If nobody ever worried about what was in other people's heads, we’d all be 33 percent more effective in our lives and our jobs.

No job should, be beneath us. And if you can't(or won't) sort mail, Where is the proof that you can do anything?

somehow, with the passage of time, and the dealines that life imposes, surrending became the right thing to do

Read at least one book a month. This is self-serving, obviously. It's a proven fact that people who read buy more books than people who don't read. In truth, I wish you'd read ten books a month, or at least buy that many.

Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress. When you're pissed off at someone and you're angry at them, you just haven't given them enough time. Just give them a little more time and they almost always will impress you.

until you got ice cream spilled on you, you’re not doing field work