There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. — George Bernard Shaw. Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950) Desire
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.
I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.