There is no stigma attached to recognizing a bad decision in time to install a better one.
Everybody likes to go their own way--to choose their own time and manner of devotion.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's.
If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either.
You should not live one way in private, another in public.
Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.