After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.
I think people want their illusions and writers are mostly illusion. When you read their words, you read a flattened, incomplete version of the writer.
If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities.
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.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
It?s like your batteries get low, and you need to charge them on someone else?s story.