Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Always desire to learn something useful.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
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 My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.