What is almost certain to prevent success is the nagging worry of what others might think if we fail.

“Moral virtues come from habit. They are in us neither by nature, nor in despite of nature, but we are furnished by nature with a capacity for receiving them, and we develop them through habit…These virtues we acquire first by exercising them, as in the case of other arts. Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it: people come to be builders, for instance, by building, and harp players, by playing the harp. In the same way, by doing just acts we come to be just; by doing self-controlled acts, we come to be self-controlled; and by doing brave acts, we become brave.”

-Aristotle

Most people would be much happier if they were curious about everything but only concerned themselves with the things that they can do something about. It is a waste of life to dwell on those things which one cannot change.

'Coming to terms with things is often more rewarding in the end, than the price you may eventually pay for running away from them'