Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
I can, therefore I am.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Always desire to learn something useful.
The only difference is that religion is much better organised and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes.