To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Know or listen to those who know.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
It's always too early to quit.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Who seeks shall find.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
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.