According to Theo, he is definitely making a name for himself. But we are under no illusions, and are only too grateful that he is having some slight success. You don't know what a hard life he has had, and who can say what is still in store for him. His disappointments have often made him fell bitter and have turned him into an unusual person.

Anyone who leads an upright life and experiences real difficulty and disappointment and yet is not crushed by them is worth more than one for whom everything has always been plain sailing and who has known nothing but relative prosperity"_Page.52

You can't lose confidence in yourself, or you've lost already. When you get knocked down, you've got to keep getting back up.

When we can identify a problem and face the problem with confidence and enthusiasm, the solution is on the way.

The leader demonstrates confidence that the challenge can be met, the need resolved, the crisis overcome.

Sometimes you succeed.... and other times you learn.

We stumble and fall constantly, even when we are most enlightened.

True will-power and courage are not on the battlefield, but in everyday conquests over our intertia, laziness, boredom.

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest success comes only later.

Stagnation is death. If you don't change, you die. It's that simple. It's that scary.

First, instead of allowing the world's evil to prevent me from being happy—which would only give evil another victory—I have chosen to fight it to the best of my abilities.

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.