To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Know or listen to those who know.
Leap, and the net will appear.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.