Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
It's always too early to quit.
Leap, and the net will appear.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Know or listen to those who know.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
You never know what motivates you.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
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.