To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Leap, and the net will appear.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Well done is better than well said.
Only the educated are free.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Who seeks shall find.
I think an education is beneficial, but whether it takes an education to be successful in the arts is a whole other question.