One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesnt pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. – Lucille Ball
Respect talent. Get respect where respect is due, but dont be caught up in yourself where you do things obliviously and not pay attention to what is going on. – Robert Griffin III
Human beings invent just as many ways to sabotage their lives as to improve them. – Mark Goulston, Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior, 1996