To fail is to not try at all.

Poisonous people will try to destroy you when they recognize your power; this is because they fear what you might become.

To give power to that which has no bearing on one's life simply means one is not living their true life.

Loyalty to others speaks volumes about loyalty to self. To love others, one must truly love him/herself first.

Don't play the victim role, empower yourself instead. Place yourself and others around you in a position to win.

Disturbing encounters in life spur reflective thinking that jars a person from his or her exhausted ideologies and way of living. A person who lives passionately will develop a philosophic outlook because the road of excess leads to knowledge. Enthusiasm will frequently make a person look foolish, and result in intermittent periods of despondency and self-questioning, yet only exuberance and a degree of risk-taking leads us to wisdom.