Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
If you think you can do it, you can.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Who seeks shall find.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Know or listen to those who know.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
As far as hypnosis is concerned, I had a very serious problem when I was in my twenties. I encountered a man who later became the president of the American Society of Medical Hypnosis. He couldn't hypnotize me.