The purpose of life is to be useful

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful,
to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some
difference that you have lived and lived well."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson


No times that we didn't aspire to be happy, unfortunately happiness won't exist for long, there is eventually sadness that will come to take its place. In order to live well and be useful, we must be honorable, compassionate, and having a difference when they compare us. Living well must be achieved in the presence of sadness and happiness. 

Beware of undertaking too much at the start

"Beware of undertaking too much at the start. Be content with
quite a little. Allow for accidents. Allow for human nature,
especially your own."

-- Arnold Bennett



When we are in a hurry to move up, we take so much responsibility and opportunity that we could not carry, then at the middle of our journey we put them down one by one because we can't take them for long, they serves as burden. Take only what are essential, select what is best for us and leave the rest for others. Control our greedy nature that will put us down when we can't manage them. Don't look at others, examine first ourselves.

Our life is frittered away by detail

"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify."

-- Henry David Thoreau



It is always best to be known with simple things that will identify yourself, rather than to be known with many things that often change. Have simple identity that will identify yourself for lifetime. 

I not only use all the brains that I have

"I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can
borrow."

-- Woodrow Wilson



The saying, "More heads are better that one," is still in command today.  Collaborative effort is more effective than having it alone, so instead of using only your own, try to incorporate the idea of others that will give better output and product if consider it intelligently.

Don't limit yourself because people won't accept you

"I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't
accept the fact that I can do something else."

-- Dolly Parton


Don't put limit to yourself, never mine if others does it. Do what you want and show them what you have. Remember that great things starts with small things that before they don't notice. Amplify yourself by having great things, it may be attitudes, values, or matters. 

Be patient and wait for them to self-destruct

"There will be a time when loud-mouthed, incompetent people
seem to be getting the best of you. When that happens, you
only have to be patient and wait for them to self-destruct. It
never fails."

-- Richard Rybolt


Life has ups and down, the worst may come that it seems they will consume us. People around us that in the past days are good, then eventually influenced to become bad, that they can sacrifice your good relation for some reason. When worst circumstances in a relation happen, don't forget to have patience, don't let other destroy your integrity. It takes long time to build a name, but only seconds to destroy it. Let them destroy themselves.

Developing interest to things

"The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was
important to them: there ought to be as many for love."

-- Margaret Atwood


When you have something important in possession, you will use lots of words to describe it to give good impression and image to something valuable. Much more staying in position and never leave it.

Failure is not reaching your goal

"Failure is not reaching your goal, but in having no goal to
reach."

-- Benjamin Mays

 Failure may happen if you lost focus and stop pursuing, then you will also fail achieving your goal.