I want to go down as a winner.
Happy man, happy dole.
If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Rome was not built in one day.
Fieldes have eies and woods have eares.
No man ought to looke a given horse in the mouth.
What' s the matter with me? Why can't I be cool?
Being a true bad ass has no weight or gender requirement - just 100% commitment to greatness.
My experience growing up in London and growing up in a working class background, is that when people are down and out, that's when they're probably the funniest. They have to be. That's what they do to cope, to find joy, cause they don't feel the joy inside. Or they use humor to keep people out.
We can console ourselves for not having great talents as we console ourselves for not having great places. We can be above both in our hearts.