Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Well done is better than well said.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Never complain and never explain.
Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism.