Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
After a storm comes a calm.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Well done is better than well said.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Leap, and the net will appear.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
It's always too early to quit.
When a parent shows up with an attitude of entitlement, understand that under it is a boatload of anxiety.