“Don't try to be useful. Try to be yourself: that is enough & that makes all the difference.”
“Don't try to be different, that's not you, but just try to be yourself & that will make all the difference.”
“Don't be in a hurry about finding your work in the world for yourself—you are not old enough to judge for yourself yet; but just look about you in the place you find yourself in, and try to make things a little better and honester there.”
“Don’t try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.”
“Failure concentrates the mind wonderfully. If you don't make mistakes, you're not trying hard enough.”
“It sounds to me like you're making excuses," Jeb said quietly. "You're trying to convince yourself, and you're using me to listen to yourself talk.”