No one with a happy childhood ...

No one with a happy childhood ever amounts to much in this world. They are so well adjusted, they never are driven to achieve anything.
No one with a happy childhood ever amounts to much in this world. They are so well adjusted, they never are driven to achieve anything.
 Sue Grafton

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You have to have the service mentality in the sense that you subjugate your own ego, and you subjugate a large part of your own life to really helping other people, being successful on their behalf.
 Herb Kelleher
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

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If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too.
 Sue Grafton
Writing is self-taught. Consulting other people only teaches you to depend on their reactions, which may or may not be legitimate. Quit looking for approval ... Learn to evaluate your own work with a dispassionate eye ... the lessons you acquire will be all the more valuable because you've mastered your craft from within.
 Sue Grafton
I figure guys are like Whitman's Samplers. I like to take a little bite out of each and then move on before the whole box gets stale.
 Sue Grafton
It is a truth of human nature that we can ponder life's mysteries for only so long before we lose interest and move on to something else.
 Sue Grafton
You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympathy, but they don’t want to change.
 Sue Grafton