Most people have more to work with than they realize.One noted physicist calls this unused excellencies and finding and releasing this potential in ourselves is one of the major challenges of modern life.The great danger is not that we shall overreach our capacities but that we shall undervalue and under-employ them，thus blighting our great possibilities.
The goal of life is not a problemless existence，which would be unbearably dull，but a way to handle problems creatively.That word “problem”may sound a little prickly，but it only means a question put forth for solution，and actually life consists of a series of problems-and-solutions，each different from the last.
Confidence is delight—delight in living，in being who you are，in what you do，in growing，in the endless and sometimes exasperating adventure of what it means to be human.The teacher who delights in teaching has no time for bogging down in a swamp of doubt that he or she is doing it“right”，and they are well aware that they can become a better teacher tomorrow，but only by doing their best today and enjoying today.So，too，the mother who delights in being a mother does not worry over-much about whether she fits the rules.She is not the mother，after all，of something material but of a living child.
Rules can often be a guide to successful living，but they are not a substitute for living.Rules never quite keep up with reality，because rules come from experience，not the other way around.Life happens，and it is infinitely inventive.It will always outrun and outmaneuver any attemptto bottle it up in a cut-and-dried system，for life is perpetual becoming.When life turns your wisest plans or best rules upside down，throw out the plans and bend with the circumstance.You will find powers you did not suspect，and possibilities undreamed of.
Confidence is not always winning，not always victory.Indeed，it is that very quality in humanity which refuses to stay defeated.A kind of stubborn cheerfulness.Remember there are two things you can do with mistakes，you can run away and you can grow.