Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Never complain and never explain.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Well done is better than well said.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
You never know what motivates you.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.