Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
After a storm comes a calm.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Never complain and never explain.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
I studied with a blind teacher from about 5 until I was 16, at two different schools. From the age of 12 until 16, I was in a boarding school-which, I believe, at that time was compulsory for blind children.