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To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way.

I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition.

Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.

If you flee from the things you fear, there's no resolution.

I did not know what my future was going to hold.

What you're doing now, or have done in the past, need not determine what you can do next and in the future.

Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, how much further wilt thou lead me?

Your successful past will block your visions of the future.

Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.