We are always in search of the redeeming formula, the crystallizing thought.
The pain of making the necessary sacrifices always hurts more than you think it's going to. I know. It sucks. That being said, doing something seriously creative is one of the most amazing experiences one can have, in this or any other lifetime. If you can pull it off, it's worth it. Even if you don't end up pulling it off, you'll learn many incredible, magical, valuable things. It's NOT doing it when you know you full well you HAD the opportunity- that hurts FAR more than any failure.
I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.
Think of life as a terminal illness, because, if you do, you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived.
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.