Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Well done is better than well said.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
You never know what motivates you.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
It's always too early to quit.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Architecture can't fully represent the chaos and turmoil that are part of the human personality, but you need to put some of that turmoil into the architecture, or it isn't real.