What matters to an active man is to do the right thing; whether the right thing comes to pass should not bother him. — GOETHE - Ryan Holiday

See things for what they are. Do what we can. Endure and bear what we must. What blocked the path now is a path. What once impeded action advances action. The Obstacle is the Way.

"Persist and resist". Persist in your efforts. Resist giving into distraction, discouragement, and disorder. - Epictetus

Think of the life you have lived until now as over and, as a dead man, see what’s left as a bonus and live it according to Nature. Love the hand that fate deals you and play it as your own, for what could be more fitting?” — MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.56–57