Skills don’t die; only people do.

While racial minorities across every civilized country in the world are still waiting for their break, our kind (stutterers) became emperors (i.e., Claudius) and kings (i.e., George VI) for thousands of years. Imagine how well we’re doing for ourselves now.

A Gentleperson understands that there will always be opposition. By that, a Gentleperson understands that every court needs a jester and that a lion cares not for the opinion of sheep.

Defeat is a result of people not being bold enough to grab their win.

I always assumed that I was born with bad luck. The truth is, luck only played 10% of the cards while the remaining 90% had to be played in mine.

A veteran of failure is harder, robust, and more durable than a billion-pound diamond rock.

A Gentleperson always negotiates. A Gentleperson understands that negotiation is the art of bartering for better things than what they’ve been given by mother nature.

A Gentleperson understands that it’s better not to take sides. If a Gentleperson decides on taking sides, then they shall take both sides, for they have a 50% chance of winning and a 50% chance of not losing.

Success and failure; victory and defeat; happiness and sadness; whichever destiny you set your mind to is what it will be.