The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Well done is better than well said.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it.
The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book.