"and now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good." —john steinbeck, east of eden

the best way to predict your future is to create it

don't put aside what you want for some imaginary future

failure is not fatal

“When you understand, that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize the story you're telling is just words, when you can just crumble up and throw your past in the trashcan, then we'll figure out who you're going to be.” - Invisible Monsters, Chuck Palahniuk

“I like clothes now. I have more energy. I sleep better. My sex drive is up. Blood’s flowing. I’m less susceptible to impulse. I’m in a different mode. When I was way out of shape, the idea of using whitening strips on my teeth seemed terrible. I have to do that every day? I’ll never do it. What you want is instant results when you’re out of shape. You want your teeth whitened in 45 minutes with the use of lasers. But when you’re in shape, you know it’s the result of doing a little bit every day. Moments aren’t just moments. A moment might be a week or a month. So instead of Boy, I’d love to eat this hamburger right now, I’m considering a little further into the future. I’m thinking, I eat that hamburger and that’s 1,200 calories, and I’m gonna work out tomorrow and lose 800 calories. I may as well eat a salad here, still do that workout, and then I’m actually making progress.” — Chris Pratt

the only way is working hard. sweat and tears will always be honest to me. - kai

if you work hard for 10,000 hours in a certain area, wouldn’t you be able to at least fulfill the goal you've been aiming for? - kai

kai: "If you forget why you liked it, it comes as a stress, and because of this, in order to forget it, I ask (myself) 'why did I started this?', because of liking to dance, because of liking music, so I compose my feelings thinking that I started this because of dancing and singing."

q: what will you see when you climb to the top of the mountain?

kai: next mountain. there won't only be one mountain if you get to the top. after you reached that mountain again, you'll see the next one.

"the road you are walking with me, no matter how hard it is, as long as you are happy, let's walk it together." - kai, 140408