Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Well done is better than well said.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Who seeks shall find.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
You never know what motivates you.
I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think that's healthy when you're learning to write and seeing how chords fit together and how songs take shape.