What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Only the educated are free.
Who seeks shall find.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
That's something I learned in art school. I studied graphic design in Germany, and my professor emphasized the responsibility that designers and illustrators have towards the people they create things for.