The Third Door

Luck is like a bus,” he told me. “If you miss one, there’s always the next one. But if you’re not prepared, you won’t be able to jump on.

You have to cherish your mistakes,” he said. “You have to get back up no matter how many times you get knocked down. There are some people who face defeat and retreat; who become cautious and afraid, who deal with fear instead of passion, and that’s not right. I know it seems complex, but it’s relatively simple. It’s: let go and let God.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

Don’t narrow your life down. I’m eighty-five and I’m just getting started! Life is going to be short, no matter how long it is. You don’t have much time. Go to work.

Most people do things because that’s what society tells them they should do. But if you stop and do the math—if you actually think for yourself—you’ll realize there’s a better way to do things.” “Is that why you’re so happy?” I asked. “Bingo,” Wozniak said. “I’m happy because I do what I want every day.

No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.

If I’d known then how my journey would unfold—how beaten and broken I’d soon find myself—I may never have started. But that’s the upside of being naive.

When you change what you believe is possible, you change what becomes possible.