Always desire to learn something useful.
Never complain and never explain.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
You never know what motivates you.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Know or listen to those who know.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
As the daughter of a 25-year veteran of the armed forces, I am incredibly thankful for the sacrifices our women and men have made in Iraq, and continue to make in Afghanistan.