To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
It's always too early to quit.
Who seeks shall find.
Never complain and never explain.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Know or listen to those who know.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
I discovered that in a story I could safely dream any dream, hope any hope, go anywhere I pleased any time I pleased, fight any foe, win or lose, live or die. My stories created a safe experimental learning place.