You can blame everyone for your circumstances, but that will not change the fact that you still must live in them. Change does not come until you take responsibility for your choices and proceed to do something. You must make the change happen. You must do it. In truth, no one else is to blame if things fail to change.

When liberty exists, there is opportunity.When liberty matures, there is productivity.When liberty expands, there is responsibility.When liberty succeeds, there is exceptionality.

It's none of your concern what others say or think about you. Your happiness is your own responsibility.

Everything in the world that happens to you may be someone else's doing; I'll grant you that. But what you do with it, how you react to it, what you make of yourself in the midst of it all—that's totally you.