Either you run the day or the day runs you.
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.
If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.
Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.