“If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.”
“..you may not be able to choose your family or origin but you can choose your family of creation.”
“...write your own part. It is the only way I've gotten anywhere. It is much harder work, but sometimes you have to take destiny into your own hands. It forces you to think about what your strengths really are, and once you find them, you can showcase them, and no one can stop you.”
“You don't choose your friends, they choose you, and you either reject them or you accept them without reservations.”
“Evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of any relationship is your responsibility. You do not have to passively accept what is brought to you. You can choose.”
“You can live as free men, but if you choose not to, your society will surely die.”