If you're going through hell, keep going.
Always desire to learn something useful.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Never complain and never explain.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.