Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Always desire to learn something useful.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Know or listen to those who know.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
That attitude does not exist so much today, but in those days there was a very sharp distinction between basic physics and applied physics. Columbia did not deal with applied physics.