Let's saddle up and ride

Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want something.

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Through this whole ordeal, I don't think we ever said to each other: "This isn't fair." We just kept going. We recognized that there were things we could do that might help the outcome in positive ways ... and we did them. Without saying it in words, our attitude was, "Let's saddle up and ride."

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Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one-tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.

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I've found that a substantial fraction of many people's days is spent worrying about what others think of them. If nobody ever worried about what was in other people's heads, we'd all be 33 percent more effective in our lives and on our jobs.

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people will show you their good side. Almost everybody has a good side. Just keep waiting. It will come out.

-- The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch