Know or listen to those who know.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Wherever you are - be all there.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s.