“Hold on when there is nothing in you except the will which says, ‘Hold on’.”

We must persevere even if we have no hope at all. The will requires us to never give up. ——Rudyard Kipling (British writer, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, representative works "Kim" and "The Jungle Book")

You can't connect the dots looking forward.You can only connect them looking backwards.So you have to trust that they will somehow connect in your future.

You can't connect the dots looking forward. You can only sublimate it in retrospect. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in the future. — Steve Jobs

One's need to control is often a way to keep from feeling abandoned. —SSA Matt Simmons

If a person wants a sense of control, it's often just for the sake of it Avoid feelings of abandonment.