At some point, everything is going to go south on you. Everything is going to go south and you're going to say: «This is it. This is how I end». Now, you can either accept that... Or you can get to work. That's all it is. You just begin. You do the math. You solve one problem... Then you solve the next one. And then the next. And if you solve enough problems, you get to come home.
You better know what you wanna do before somebody knows it for you.
Headaches are like resolutions, you forget them as soon as they stop hurting.
When you do or not do something, these two processes are equivalent. Therefore, both imply action and honesty. You need to be sincere and honest with yourself.
No matter what your objective… no matter who you are… if you are going to do something or not do something, that is a promise to yourself. And the one who keeps the promise, or breaks the promise, is you. No one else can be burdened with holding you to a promise that’s made to yourself. You must pay all of the debts that you made, even to yourself.
Everything happens for a reason. But sometimes the reason is that you're stupid and make bad decisions.
I've been in the inventor business for 33 years and my experience is that for every problem the Lord has made, He has also made a solution. If you and I can't find the solution, the let's honestly admit that you and I are damn fools but why blame it on the Lord and say He created something 'impossible.
There is a moment when you have to choose whether to be silent or to stand up.