Well done is better than well said.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
If you think you can do it, you can.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Who seeks shall find.
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.