Michael

“There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better for worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.”
― Abner Bayley, Self Mastery Boxset: How to Master Success, Abundance, Wealth, and Happiness

“when you make up your mind about who you are and what you are about, even the people who are seemingly controlling your life, and even the prospect of death, become powerless.”
― Turk Akbay, The #1 Habit: Make Your Life Easier and Reach Your Goals Faster