If you've got a talent, protect it.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
After a storm comes a calm.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
You never know what motivates you.
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 My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.