To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Never complain and never explain.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Who seeks shall find.
Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock.