The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Who seeks shall find.
It's always too early to quit.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Always desire to learn something useful.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Know or listen to those who know.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war.