Better to fail spectacularly than do something mediocre.
You just have to decide if you're a Tigger or an Eeyore.
A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.
I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.
Complaining does not work as a strategy.
Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.