The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
After a storm comes a calm.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Who seeks shall find.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
To me, it all comes down to things being character-driven. It's hard for me to look beyond that. CG and all this cool stuff - so be it. But to me, it pretty much begins and ends with character-driven plots rather than technologically-driven plots.