The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Never complain and never explain.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
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.