“To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.”
“dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are.”
“Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.”
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”
“When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath.”
“The person who would like to make his dreams come true must stay awake.”