We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Life is like playing the violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes along.
A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he thinks he does." -- Lewis B. Hershey
One of the reason mature people stop growing and learning is they become less and less willing to risk failure." -- John Gardner