Time has a wonderful way of weeding out the trivial. No matter how great your triumphs or how tragic your defeats, approximately one billion Chinese couldn't care less. The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of themselves. Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. As you grow older, you'll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do.
Life begets life.
Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered.