The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.
Obscurity is a good thing. You can fail in obscurity. It removes the fear of failure.
Like anyone else, there are days I feel beautiful and days I don't, and when I don't, I do something about it.
I got up the third step and reached for the fourth, but it wasn't there.
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top .
Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.