When I started, I displayed some level of commitment to what I was doing and that is what kept me on the track up till date.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

For me, success was finding the courage to be true to myself, and holding on to a sense of humor along the way while refining my craft.

I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself not the life others expected of me.

The very things that separated me and distinguished me from other people were what mattered; the very things no one else would or could say, these were the things I had to say.

I didn’t want to do what everyone else was doing at the time. I wanted something unique, something special, something challenging, something that would be fulfilling.

...She had the rare ability to be exactly what people needed when she was with them and yet still remain true to herself.

But what put distance between me and almost everybody else in that platoon is that I didn’t let my desire for comfort rule me.

True character is holding fast to your principles when everyone else is letting go.

In my inmost heart I believed that I could succeed where others failed, and now I had the opportunity to test myself.

After much searching I have found the thing that sets me apart: a sort of stubborn attachment to evil.

I try things that maybe others wouldn't.

It was my temper to avoid a crowd, and to attach myself fervently to a few.