The completely obvious takes longer. A chip on the shoulder indicates that there is wood higher up. Things turn out the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most do.
You may be disappointed if you fail. You are doomed if you don't try. Beverly Sills 20. You can't have an island of excellence in a sea of indifference. Ernest Boyer, Carnegie Foundation 22.