Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.
There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.
There's an alternative. There's always a third way, and it's not a combination of the other two ways. It's a different way.