By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Know or listen to those who know.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The memoirs that have come out of Africa are sometimes startlingly beautiful, often urgent, and essentially life-affirming, but they are all performances of courage and honesty.