Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Who seeks shall find.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Leap, and the net will appear.
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 My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.