Aaron

“If life is a struggle, then struggle. If you get rejected, get rejected again. If your dreams are smashed, keep dreaming. Just keep your eyes on the prize—and always remember that you have to fail to win.”
― Kevin Hart, I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons

“But the trash can is just his American pad. In Pakistan, his name is Akhtar and he lives in an oil barrel. In Turkey, he is Kirpik and lives in a basket. And in Israel, it’s not Oscar at all—it’s his cousin, Moishe Oofnik, who lives in an old car.”
― Will Pearson, mental_floss: The Book: The Greatest Lists in the History of Listory

“then I decided I didn’t want any regrets. I’m done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.”
― Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story

“Hard work is far more valuable than talent. The world is littered with brilliant, talented, lazy nobodies. Almost the entire workforce of Starbucks is populated by a bunch of geniuses that “nobody gets, man.” If you have talent and you don’t have the stones to get up every day and perfect that talent, accept criticism, look at yourself honestly, suck on the hard lozenge of failure, and try to constantly and consistently improve, well then, you don’t have shit.”
― Aisha Tyler, Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation