The Joy of Game Theory: An Introduction to Strategic Thinking

If you're not winning the game you are playing, you must change the game and play by your own rules.

Either we must give up the hope that societal preferences could be rational [in the economics sense] ... or we must accept dictatorship.” (Microeconomic Theory by Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, and Jerry R. Green).

The yardstick for successful people is different than for unsuccessful people. Successful people are criticized for times they fail. Unsuccessful people are praised for times they achieve.