life

In life the challenge is not so much to figure out how best to play the game; the challenge is to figure out what game you’re playing.

In a time of destruction, create something.

Hope clouds observation.

A positive mindset won't carry you to victory, but a negative one guarantees defeat.

Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that's why life is hard.

The cold water doesn't get warmer if you jump late.

And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.

He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.

People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing – refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.

It's tough to be good at something you're not interested in. It's nearly impossible to be great at something you're not obsessed with.