A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.
I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.
It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.
You're dealing with the demon of external validation. You can't beat external validation. You want to know why? Because it feels sooo good.
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
We inhereit from our ancestors gifts so often taken for granted... Each of us contains within... this inheritance of soul. We are links between the ages, containing past and present expectations, sacred memories and future promise.
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.