Striving for excellence motivates you striving for perfection is demoralizing.
The point to life is not only to live it, but to enjoy it.
Sometimes things are just what they seem to be and that's all there is to it.
It didn't help, reminding herself that if she were back in Blackpool she'd spend the afternoon aching to be in London. It just made her feel that she'd never be happy anywhere.
Set realistic terms for its implementation
When I write, I do not like using ten dollar words. I like the fifty-centers. Everybody has fifty-cents, even those that are too proud to admit it.
It is OK to say 'no'.It is OK to say 'I will think about it'.It is OK to say 'I will try'.It is NOT OK to make promises you cannot keep.
A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.
He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remaining brotherless.
The greatest and most important problems in life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.
Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.