You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it.
Before you do anything, think. If you do something to try and impress someone, to be loved, accepted or even to get someone's attention, stop and think. So many people are busy trying to create an image, they die in the process.
Photographers do this for a living, every single day -- they point their lenses toward every single corner of our world and somehow make the mundane mesmerizing through their artistic eye. It's all a matter of being aware of your surroundings and realizing that there are some really amazing and interesting things to look at, even if it may just be something so simple as a wall being covered up by paint.
I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.
If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.