Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Well done is better than well said.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Never complain and never explain.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
But it's a journey and the sad thing is you only learn from experience, so as much as someone can tell you things, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn.
When I haven't been working I've tried to travel a lot.