To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
It's always too early to quit.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Never complain and never explain.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Only the educated are free.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.