Instead of worrying if they’ll like you, ask yourself if you are going to like them.
Instead of trying to say the right thing, see if they say the right thing to you.
Instead of looking for their approval, decide if you are willing to give yours.
If you say anything positive about something, people assume you support it, and if you say anything negative about it, they assume you oppose it. Their egocentric minds can’t conceive of an utterance that isn’t self-serving.
Samuel L Jackson got his first major movie role aged 40.
Tolkien started the Lord of the Rings at 45, and finished it at 63.
Darwin published Origin of the Species at 50.
Harland Sanders founded KFC at 62.
"Grandma" Moses began painting at 78.
You’re never too old to start.