Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
You never know what motivates you.
It's always too early to quit.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Another nice thing was that I would type out letters home for the admiral's stewards. They would then feed me the same food the admiral ate.