→ Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining why we don't have what we want, we can start to pursue other ways to get it.
→ Life lessons are not journeys traveled in straight lines but are crossroads formed years and miles apart.
→ The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
→ Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.