Either you run the day or the day runs you.
After a storm comes a calm.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Never complain and never explain.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.
My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.