“Self-esteem is not how much confidence you have in how well people perceive you, but how much confidence you have in whether or not you can manage your life.”
“Life isn’t about being “certain,” it’s about trying anyway. Comfort is, essentially, certainty. You can either choose to be certain about what you’ve known or certain that you’ll make the best of whatever happens. Because nobody is ever really certain. The people who have lives they love try anyway.”
“ you can have everything, just not at the same time. Be grateful for this: It means you have the opportunity to appreciate what’s in front of you, and you always have something else to work toward and look forward to.”
“Losers wait to feel motivated. People who never get anything done wait to feel inspired. Motivation and inspiration are not sustaining forces. They crop up once in a while, and they’re nice while they’re present, but you can’t expect to be able to summon them any given hour of the day. You must learn to work without them, to gather your strength from purpose, not passion.”
“The worst happened, and then it passed. You lost the person you thought you couldn’t live without and then you kept living. You lost your job then found another one. You began to realize that “safety” isn’t in certainty—but in faith that you can simply keep going.”